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The use of the Visual Analogue Scale for the assessment of labour pain: a systematic review.
JBI Libr Syst Rev
January 2010
1. The Singapore National University Hospital (NUH) Centre for Evidence Based Nursing, Alice Lee Centre for Nursing Studies, National University of Singapore (NUS) 2. Assistant Professor, Master in Nursing Coordinator, Alice Lee Centre for Nursing Studies, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore (NUS) 3. Deputy Director (Patient Safety), Standards & Quality Improvement Division, Ministry of Health, Singapore.
Background: The Visual Analogue Scale has been frequently used to assess parturients' pain intensity, but the psychometric properties of this scale have not been critically reviewed. In addition, limited research has been undertaken to investigate whether this is the most appropriate pain measurement tool in the obstetrical care setting.
Objectives: The overall objective of this review was to measure the psychometric properties (i.