The use of online visual analogue scales in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

Catharina C Moor; Remy L M Mostard; Jan C Grutters; Paul Bresser; Marlies S Wijsenbeek

doi:10.1183/13993003.01531-2021

The use of online visual analogue scales in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis

Eur Respir J. 2022 Jan 13;59(1):2101531. doi: 10.1183/13993003.01531-2021. Print 2022 Jan.

Authors

Catharina C Moor¹, Remy L M Mostard², Jan C Grutters^{3

4}, Paul Bresser⁵, Marlies S Wijsenbeek⁶

Affiliations

¹ Dept of Respiratory Medicine, Interstitial Lung Diseases Centre of Excellence, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
² Dept of Respiratory Medicine, Zuyderland Medical Center, Heerlen, The Netherlands.
³ Interstitial Lung Diseases Centre of Excellence, Dept of Pulmonology, St Antonius Hospital, Nieuwegein, The Netherlands.
⁴ Division of Heart and Lungs, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
⁵ Dept of Respiratory Medicine, OLVG, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
⁶ Dept of Respiratory Medicine, Interstitial Lung Diseases Centre of Excellence, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands m.wijsenbeek-lourens@erasmusmc.nl.

Abstract

The visual analogue scale is a valid and reliable tool to assess symptoms over time in IPF. Because of their simplicity, visual analogue scales have the potential to be used for systematic evaluation of disease course in trials and daily practice. https://bit.ly/3BuxJsf

Publication types

Letter
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Humans
Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis* / diagnosis
Pain Measurement
Visual Analog Scale