The Visual Analogue Scale used in Judging Clinical Effectiveness of Acupuncture and Moxibustion.
10.3777/jjsam.46.7
- VernacularTitle:しん灸臨床効果判定で使うＶｉｓｕａｌ Ａｎａｌｏｇｕｅ Ｓｃａｌｅ
- Author:
Toshiyuki SHICHIDO
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
VAS;
RS;
GRS;
SDS;
RAS
- From:Journal of the Japan Society of Acupuncture and Moxibustion
1996;46(1):7-13
- CountryJapan
- Language:Japanese
-
Abstract:
The relative importance of soft, or qualitative, data over hard, or metric, data is now beginning to be recognized in clinical trials. This tendency can be seen in the recent importance attached to evaluating quality of life. It is said that acupuncture and moxibustion are used to cure the patient, not the illness. This makes it likely that the simple and convenient Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) will come into wide use henceforth in evaluating research in acupuncture and moxibustion. Therefore, we would like to take this opportunity to discuss how to make a VAS, how to analyze it, points to look for in implementing it, and the relation between VAS and similar methods.
