title: Measuring the perception of symptom, drug use and allergen immunotherapy efficacy using the Visual Analogue Scale.
abstract: The availability of a simple and reliable tool for quantitatively measuring symptom perception is surely very important in the daily practice. Especially, this concept appears to be fundamental in doctor's office and at home, where there are no adequate resources. The Visual Analogue Scale is a very simple and popular tool that could be used by anyone anywhere. The advantage given by the Visual Analogue Scale consists in the translation of a subjective sensation in an objective measure provided by numbers.
authors.affiliation: Department of Medicine, IRCCS - Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria San Martino, Viale Benedetto XV 6, 16132 Genoa, Italy.
authors.forename: Giorgio
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ciprandi
authors.forename: Maria Angela
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Tosca
authors.forename: Michela
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Silvestri
mesh_terms: D000342:Affective Symptoms; D000818:Animals; D001249:Asthma / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000628:therapy*; D003888:Desensitization, Immunologic / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D010147:Pain Measurement; D017060:Patient Satisfaction; D010465:Perception