PMID- 20551105
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20101122
LR  - 20191210
IS  - 1499-2752 (Electronic)
IS  - 0315-162X (Linking)
VI  - 37
IP  - 7
DP  - 2010 Jul
TI  - Evaluation of 21-numbered circle and 10-centimeter horizontal line visual analog 
      scales for physician and parent subjective ratings in juvenile idiopathic 
      arthritis.
PG  - 1534-41
LID - 10.3899/jrheum.091474 [doi]
AB  - OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the measurement properties of 21-numbered circle visual 
      analog scales (VAS) and traditional 10-cm horizontal line VAS for physician and 
      parent subjective ratings in children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA). 
      METHODS: We studied 2 patient samples in whom physician global rating of overall 
      disease activity, parent global rating of the child's overall well-being, and 
      parent rating of intensity of child's pain were performed using traditional 10-cm 
      horizontal line VAS (n = 397) or 21-numbered circle VAS (n = 471). The 
      measurement performances of the 2 VAS formats were examined by assessing 
      construct validity, score distribution, responsiveness to change over time, and 
      minimal clinically important difference (MCID). RESULTS: Most Spearman 
      correlations with other JIA outcome measures yielded by 21-numbered circle VAS 
      were greater than those obtained with 10-cm horizontal line VAS, revealing that 
      the circle VAS format has better construct validity. Ceiling effects (i.e., score 
      = 0) for physician and parent global ratings were 43.7% and 32.9%, respectively, 
      on 21-numbered circle VAS, and 31.6% and 35.3%, respectively, on 10-cm horizontal 
      line VAS. Responsiveness of 21-numbered circle VAS was good (standardized 
      response mean > 0.8) or moderate (standardized response mean > 0.6) among 
      patients classified as improved or worsened, respectively, by the physician or 
      the parent. Overall, MCID values for 21-numbered circle VAS tended to be greater 
      for worsening than for improvement. CONCLUSION: The 21-numbered circle VAS are a 
      suitable alternative to the 10-cm horizontal line VAS and may facilitate 
      incorporation of physician and parent subjective ratings in standard clinical 
      practice.
FAU - Filocamo, Giovanni
AU  - Filocamo G
AD  - Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico G. Gaslini, Genova, Italy.
FAU - Davi, Sergio
AU  - Davi S
FAU - Pistorio, Angela
AU  - Pistorio A
FAU - Bertamino, Marta
AU  - Bertamino M
FAU - Ruperto, Nicolino
AU  - Ruperto N
FAU - Lattanzi, Bianca
AU  - Lattanzi B
FAU - Consolaro, Alessandro
AU  - Consolaro A
FAU - Magni-Manzoni, Silvia
AU  - Magni-Manzoni S
FAU - Galasso, Roberta
AU  - Galasso R
FAU - Varnier, Giulia Camilla
AU  - Varnier GC
FAU - Martini, Alberto
AU  - Martini A
FAU - Ravelli, Angelo
AU  - Ravelli A
LA  - eng
PT  - Evaluation Study
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20100615
PL  - Canada
TA  - J Rheumatol
JT  - The Journal of rheumatology
JID - 7501984
SB  - IM
MH  - Arthritis, Juvenile/*physiopathology
MH  - Humans
MH  - Pain/physiopathology
MH  - *Pain Measurement
MH  - Parents/*psychology
MH  - Patients
MH  - Physicians/*psychology
MH  - Reproducibility of Results
MH  - Severity of Illness Index
MH  - Surveys and Questionnaires
EDAT- 2010/06/17 06:00
MHDA- 2010/12/14 06:00
CRDT- 2010/06/17 06:00
PHST- 2010/06/17 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2010/06/17 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2010/12/14 06:00 [medline]
AID - jrheum.091474 [pii]
AID - 10.3899/jrheum.091474 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - J Rheumatol. 2010 Jul;37(7):1534-41. doi: 10.3899/jrheum.091474. Epub 2010 Jun 
      15.