Pain, Dental Pain
Conditions
Keywords
numerical rating scale, visual analogue scale, color analogue scale, faces rating scale, pain intensity
Brief summary
Patients with symptomatic teeth who applied endodontic clinic between April 2019 and December 2019 for root canal treatment were enrolled in this study. All patients were asked to fill four different rating scales: numerical rating scale, visual analogue scale, color analogue scale and faces rating scale for their relevant tooth which is symptomatic and need of root canal treatment. The four scales were then compared statistically.
Detailed description
50 patients who applied endodontic clinic between April 2019 and December 2019 and had symptomatic teeth which were in need of root canal treatment were enrolled for this study. Study detail were explained to all patients and they were then kindly asked to signed a consent form. All patients diagnose, age, gender, tooth number were recorded. Patients were then asked to fill four different pain rating scale in an electronic pain rating scale program. Numerical rating scale (NRS) was a scale between 0 and 10, with 0 indicating no pain while 10 indicating worst pain possible. Visual analogue scale (VAS) was a straight line of 10 cm with one end of the line indicated no pain whilst the other end indicated worst pain possible. Color analogue scale (CAS) was the same length of straight line as in VAS with a color change towards to worst pain possible end. Faces rating scale (FRS) consisted of six different faces indicating the level of pain with the first face indicated no pain while the last face indicated worst pain possible. After the patients marked their pain intensity levels in all four scales the results were statistically analyzed to compared the accuracy of four scales with VAS being the golden standard.
Interventions
DIAGNOSTIC_TESTnumerical rating scale
patients were asked to marked their pain intensity level on numerical rating scale between 0 and 10 and the result was recorded as pain intensity level.
Patients were asked to marked their pain intensity level on visual analogue scale, a straight line with one end indicating no pain and the other end indicating worst pain possible. Then the distance between no pain end and patients' mark was measured and recorded as pain intensity level.
OTHERcolor analogue scale
Patients were asked to marked their pain intensity level on color analogue scale, a straight line with one end indicating no pain and the other end indicating worst pain possibleand color change towards to worst pain possible end. Then the distance between no pain end and patients' mark was measured and recorded as pain intensity level.
OTHERfaces rating scale
Patients were asked marked their pain on a faces rating scale which consisted of six different faces representing different levels of pain intensity with the first face indicating no pain whilst last face indicating worst pain possible. The result was recorded as pain intensity level.
Sponsors
Istanbul Medipol University Hospital
Study design
Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
SCREENING
Masking
NONE
Intervention model description
all 50 patients marked their pain intensity levels of their relevant tooth in four different rating scales.
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 80 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* symptomatic teeth which is in need of root canal treatment
Exclusion criteria
* systemic diseases * age \<18 and \>80 * being able to understand and accept the study protocol with a written consent form.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| comparison of four rating scales | through study completion, an average of 1 year | all four pain rating scales (numerical rating scale, visual analogue scale, color analogue scale, faces rating scale) were compared to analyze correlation. |
| numerical rating scale | through study completion, an average of 1 year | pain intesity level of patients were recorded on a scale from 0 (no pain) to 10 (worst pain posbile) |
| visual analogue scale | through study completion, an average of 1 year | Patients were asked to mark their pain intesity level on a 10 cm line with one end indicating no pain and the other end worst pain possible. The distance between no pain and the mark indicates the pain intesity level. |
| color analogue scale | through study completion, an average of 1 year | Patients were asked to mark their pain intesity level on a 10 cm color changing line with one end indicating no pain and the other end worst pain possible. The distance between no pain and the mark indicates the pain intesity level. |
| faces rating scale | through study completion, an average of 1 year | faces rating scale consists of 6 faces with the first face indicating no pain and the last face indicating worst pain possbile |
Countries
Turkey (Türkiye)
Outcome results
None listed