Influence of gender on objectivization of pain syndrome

Abstract

In this study, efficacy of a Visual Analogue Scale (VAS), of a Numeric Rating Scale (NRS) and of a Lightning Scale (LS) proposed by authors in measurement of pain of ENT patients were compared. Following correlation coefficients were obtained: R = 0.8011 (VAS vs. LS), R = 0.8317 (NRS vs. LS), R = 0.8395 (VAS vs. NRS). Lightning Scale can be suggested for urgent ENT for diagnosing and selection of analgesic.