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Deriving health state utilities for the numerical pain rating scale [PDF]

open access: yesHealth and Quality of Life Outcomes, 2011
Background The use of patient reported outcome measures within cost-effectiveness analysis has become commonplace. However, specific measures are required that produce values, referred to as 'utilities', that are capable of generating quality adjusted ...
Retsa Peny   +5 more
doaj   +4 more sources

Psychometric properties of the itch numeric rating scale, skin pain numeric rating scale, and atopic dermatitis sleep scale in adult patients with moderate-to-severe atopic dermatitis [PDF]

open access: yesHealth and Quality of Life Outcomes, 2021
Abstract Background The Itch Numeric Rating Scale (NRS), Skin Pain NRS, and Atopic Dermatitis Sleep Scale (ADSS) are self-administered patient-reported outcome (PRO) instruments developed to assess symptoms in patients with atopic dermatitis (AD).
Jonathan I. Silverberg   +9 more
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Rating Scales: Numeric Values May Change the Meaning of Scale Labels [PDF]

open access: yesPublic Opinion Quarterly, 1991
Three experiments indicate that the numeric values provided as part of a rating scale may influence respondents' interpretation of the endpoint labels. In experiment 1, a representative sample of German adults rated their success in life along an 11-point rating scale, with the endpoints labeled "not at all successful" and "extremely successful." When ...
Schwarz, Norbert   +4 more
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Ordering motivation and Likert scale ratings: When a numeric scale is not necessarily better

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology, 2022
Measuring psychological attributes, such as motivation, typically involves rating scales, assuming that an attribute can be ordered, and that ratings represent this order. Previously, only the first assumption had been tested, albeit limited. First, we checked the ordinal structure of motivation, looking at whether people can establish transitive ...
Yulia Tyumeneva   +3 more
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Numerical rating scale for dysmenorrhea-related pain: a clinimetric study

open access: yesGynecological Endocrinology, 2022
Objective: To evaluate the numerical rating scale (NRS) measurement properties in women with dysmenorrhea. Methods: This was an online clinimetric study. Brazilian women aged over 18 years old with internet access to respond to online instruments were included in the study. We evaluated criterion validity (comparing women with and without dysmenorrhea),
Guilherme Tavares de Arruda   +4 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Measuring Cognitive Load: Are There More Valid Alternatives to Likert Rating Scales?

open access: yesFrontiers in Education, 2021
Cognitive load researchers have used varying subjective techniques based on rating scales to quantify experienced cognitive load. Although it is generally assumed that subjects can introspect on their cognitive processes and have no difficulty in ...
Kim Ouwehand   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

The effects of changes in the order of verbal labels and numerical values on children's scores on attitude and rating scales [PDF]

open access: yes, 2011
Research with adults has shown that variations in verbal labels and numerical scale values on rating scales can affect the responses given. However, few studies have been conducted with children.
Arseneault L.   +38 more
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Grading the intensity of nondental orofacial pain: Identification of cutoff points for mild, moderate, and severe pain [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
Background: When assessing pain in clinical practice, clinicians often label pain as mild, moderate, and severe. However, these categories are not distinctly defined, and are often used arbitrarily.
Brailo, V, Zakrzewska, JM
core   +2 more sources

Comparison of two rating scales with the orofacial esthetic scale and practical recommendations for its application

open access: yesHealth and Quality of Life Outcomes, 2022
Purpose We compared measurement properties of 5-point and 11-point response formats for the orofacial esthetic scale (OES) items to determine whether collapsing the format would degrade OES score precision.
Swaha Pattanaik   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

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