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Comparative Study
Pain intensity among institutionalized elderly: a comparison between numerical scales and verbal descriptors.
Correlating two unidimensional scales for measurement of self-reported pain intensity for elderly and identifying a preference for one of the scales. ⋯ Pain measurements among institutionalized elderly can be made by NRS and VDS; however, the preferred scale for the elderly was the VDS, regardless of gender.