The flexible use of a visual/verbal analogue scale – the thermometer – is described as a means of monitoring patients' levels of cognitive fear, trust, pain and self-esteem during treatment ...

The 4DCT-ventilation functional avoidance trial was a phase II study with a secondary end point of QOL, which was assessed using Functional Assessment of Cancer Therapy—Lung (FACT-L) and its resulting ...

Visual analog score (VAS), consisting of a 10 cm (100 mm) line, with the anchor words at either end providing extreme descriptions of pain, is another widely used tool.

Sara L. Douglas, Grant Pignatello, Sumin Park, Amy R. Lipson, Psychometric properties of a single-item visual analog scale measuring goals of care in patients with advanced cancer, Quality of Life ...