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Tools for Assessment of Pain in Adults

• Visual Analogue Scale (VAS)
• Numeric Rating Scale (NRS)
• Verbal Rating Scale (VRS))

Sample 1: 
Visual Analogue Scale (VAS)

The patient indicates intensity of pain on a 10cm. line marked from no pain at one end to pain as bad as it could possibly be at the other end.

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Sample 2: 
Numeric Rating Scale (NRS)

The patient rates pain on a scale from 0 to 10.

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Sample 3: 
Verbal Rating Scale (VRS)

The patient rates the pain on a Likert scale verbally, e.g. "none", "mild pain", "moderate pain", "severe pain", "very severe pain" or "worst possible pain".

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