Practical dyspnea assessment: relationship between the 0–10 numerical rating scale and the four-level categorical verbal descriptor scale of dyspnea intensity

Practical dyspnea assessment: relationship between the 0–10 numerical rating scale and the four-level categorical verbal descriptor scale of dyspnea intensity

Context—Measurement of dyspnea is important for clinical care and research. Objectives—To characterize the relationship between the 0–10 Numerical Rating Scale (NRS) and four-level categorical Verbal Descriptor Scale (VDS) for dyspnea assessment. Methods—This was a substudy of a double-blind rando...

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Main Authors: Wysham, Nicholas G., Miriovsky, Benjamin J., Currow, David C., Herndon, James E., Samsa, Gregory P., Wilcock, Andrew, Abernethy, Amy P.
Format: Article
Published: Elsevier 2015
Subjects:
Dyspnea; Numerical Rating Scale; Verbal Descriptor Scale
Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/48278/

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