Comparison of an Emoji-Based Visual Analog Scale With a Numeric Rating Scale for Pain Assessment

Shuhan He; Angela Renne; Dias Argandykov; David Convissar; Jarone Lee

doi:10.1001/jama.2022.7489

Comparison of an Emoji-Based Visual Analog Scale With a Numeric Rating Scale for Pain Assessment

JAMA. 2022 Jul 12;328(2):208-209. doi: 10.1001/jama.2022.7489.

Authors

Shuhan He^{1

2

3}, Angela Renne⁴, Dias Argandykov⁴, David Convissar⁵, Jarone Lee^{2

3}

Affiliations

¹ Lab of Computer Science, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
² Department of Surgery, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
³ Department of Emergency Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
⁴ Division of Trauma, Emergency Surgery, and Surgical Critical Care, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston.
⁵ Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston.

Abstract

This study surveyed patients admitted to the emergency department or surgical units at a single hospital to compare an emoji-based pain scale with a conventional numeric rating scale.

Publication types

Comparative Study

MeSH terms

Art
Correspondence as Topic*
Humans
Pain Measurement* / methods
Pain* / diagnosis
Symbolism*
Visual Analog Scale*