Department of Medicine, IRCCS - Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria San Martino, Viale Benedetto XV 6, 16132 Genoa, Italy.
Expert Rev Clin Immunol. 2014 Feb;10(2):179-82. doi: 10.1586/1744666X.2014.872034. Epub 2013 Dec 18.
The availability of a simple and reliable tool for quantitatively measuring symptom perception is surely very important in the daily practice. Especially, this concept appears to be fundamental in doctor's office and at home, where there are no adequate resources. The Visual Analogue Scale is a very simple and popular tool that could be used by anyone anywhere. The advantage given by the Visual Analogue Scale consists in the translation of a subjective sensation in an objective measure provided by numbers.
在日常实践中，拥有一种简单可靠的工具来定量测量症状感知肯定非常重要。特别是，在医生办公室和家里，没有足够的资源，这个概念似乎是非常重要的。视觉模拟量表是一种非常简单且流行的工具，任何人都可以在任何地方使用。视觉模拟量表的优势在于将主观感觉转化为数字提供的客观测量。
