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Emoji are shown to be as effective as numerical pain scales in judging patient pain levels in the hospital
More information: Shuhan He et al, Comparison of an Emoji-Based Visual Analog Scale With a Numeric Rating Scale for Pain Assessment, JAMA (2022). DOI: 10.1001/jama.2022.7489 Journal information ...
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What to know about the Wong-Baker pain scale
The Numeric Pain Rating Scale is an 11-point scale for people to self-report pain intensity. Similarly to the Wong-Baker Faces Pain Rating Scale, 0 represents “no pain,” while 10 indicates the ...
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Vertex Announces Positive Results From Phase 2 Study of VX-548 for the Treatment of Painful Diabetic Peripheral Neuropathy
In addition, our Phase 3 studies of VX-548 in acute pain are on track to read out ... VX-548 using the standard pain assessment Numeric Pain Rating Scale, or NPRS. This 11-point scale ranges ...
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Comparison of Numerical and Verbal Rating Scales to Measure Pain Exacerbations in Patients with Chronic Cancer Pain
Background: Numerical rating scales (NRS), and verbal rating scales (VRS) showed to be reliable and valid tools for subjective cancer pain measurement, but no one of them consistently proved to be ...
ReGelTec Receives CE Mark for HYDRAFIL® System to Treat Chronic Low Back Pain
ReGelTec Inc., a company developing a percutaneous hydrogel implant for the treatment of chronic low back pain caused by ...
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Vertex weakens after neuropathic pain trial reads out
The company emphasised that the NaV1.8 inhibitor met the primary endpoint with a statistically significant and "clinically meaningful" 2.02-point reduction from baseline in the Numeric Pain Rating ...