Table 2.

Agreement between the VDS, FPS, and VAS (N=480)

	FPS
VDS					Total
	n (%)	n (%)	n (%)	n (%)	n (%)
No pain	107 (90.7)	24 (14.3)	0 (0.0)	1 (1.1)	132(27.9)
Mild	7 (5.9)	99 (58.9)	8 (8.7)	4 (4.2)	118(24.9)
Moderate	2 (1.7)	43 (25.6)	56 (60.9)	12 (12.6)	113(23.9)
Severe	2 (1.7)	2 (1.2)	28 (30.4)	78 (82.1)	110(23.3)
Total	118 (100.0)	168(100.0)	92(100.0)	95(100.0)	473 (100.0)
	VAS
VDS	0	1–35	36–70	71–100	Total
No pain	113 (83.7)	12 (11.4)	1 (1.0)	0 (0.0)	126(29.9)
Mild	9 (6.7)	84 (70.6)	6 (7.0)	1 (1.2)	100(23.7)
Moderate	7 (5.2)	23 (19.3)	56 (65.1)	8 (9.8)	94(22.2)
Severe	6 (4.4)	0 (0.0)	23 (26.7)	73 (89.0)	102(24.2)
Total	135(100.0)	119(100.0)	86(100.0)	82(100.0)	422(100.0)
	FPS
VAS	Smile	Hurts a little	Hurts even more	Crying	Total
0	97(89.8)	27(18.9)	3(3.8)	5(5.6)	132(31.5)
1–35	9(8.3)	91(63.6)	14(17.7)	5(5.6)	119(28.4)
36–70	2(1.9)	23(16.1)	47(59.5)	14(15.7)	86(20.5)
71–100	0(0.0)	2(1.4)	15(19.0)	65(73.0)	82(19.6)
Total	108(100.0)	143(100.0)	79(100.0)	89(100.0)	419(100.0)

Unanswered responses were excluded from analysis.

Abbreviations: FPS, Faces Pain Scale; VAS, Visual Analog Scale; VDS, Verbal Descriptor Scale.