• Skip to main content
  • Skip to primary sidebar
  • Skip to footer
  • General Ortho
  • Procedures
  • Spine
  • Upper Limb
  • Lower Limb
  • Pain
  • Trauma
  • Tumors
  • Newsletter/Updates
  • About Us
  • Contact Us

Bone and Spine

Orthopedic health, conditions and treatment

Color Analog Scale

By Dr Arun Pal Singh

In this article
    • What is Color Analog Scale?
    • How To Use Color Analog Scale?

Color visual analog scale or color analog scale is a pain assessment tool that is built on the pattern of Visual Analog Scale.

The color analog scale is used in children and in patients with poor cognition such as Alzheimer disease.

What is Color Analog Scale?

Color analog scale is 10 cm in length. It is  20 mm wide at the bottom and white in color [see image].

The white color indicates no pain.

 

Color Analog Scale
Color Analog Scale

The scale further widens to 75 mm at the top and gradually changes in color to red. The top red color indicates the worst pain.

The reverse side of the scale is numbered from 0 to 10 in 1-cm increments, enabling investigators to quantify the children’s responses.

How To Use Color Analog Scale?

The respondent is told something like following in his/ her language

“See this scale, it is like a thermometer. The bottom, where it is small and white means no pain and the top where it is wider and red means the most pain you can imagine”   and the assessor points to each end while describing.

After explaining about the scale, the respondent is asked to do his/her part

“You slide the marker to the spot on the thermometer that shows how much pain you are having right now.

All measurements are recorded to the closest 0.25 cm.

Validity

Repeated studies have shown color analog scale to be a valid scale for evaluation of pain intensity in children.

Spread the Knowledge
  • 7
    Shares
  •  
    7
    Shares
  • 1
  • 6
  •  
  •  
  •  

Filed Under: Pain Management

About Dr Arun Pal Singh

Arun Pal Singh is an orthopedic and trauma surgeon, founder and chief editor of this website. He works in Kanwar Bone and Spine Clinic, Dasuya, Hoshiarpur, Punjab.

This website is an effort to educate and support people and medical personnel on orthopedic issues and musculoskeletal health.

You can follow him on Facebook, Linkedin and Twitter

Reader Interactions

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

Primary Sidebar

Sacrum bone anterior and posterior view

Sacrum Bone Anatomy

The sacrum is a part of the spine that lies between the fifth segment of the lumbar spine (L5) and the coccyx. Sacrum consists of five fused vertebrae S1-S5 and is triangular in shape. It is part of the pelvic girdle and forms the posterior wall of the pelvis and articulate with iliac bones at […]

Xray of Charcot Joint of Foot

Charcot Joint Disease

Charcot joint or Charcot arthropathy is the name given to neuropathic joint disease is a condition that causes progressive destruction of bone and soft tissues of joints especially weight-bearing joints and may also cause disruption of the bony architecture. Charcot joint disease can occur at any joint but most commonly in the lower extremity, at […]

Xray showing shortening of femur, coxa vara, affected knee at higher level in case of proximal femoral focal deficiency

Proximal Femoral Focal Deficiency or PFFD

Proximal femoral focal deficiency is a congenital disorder where the proximal femur is partially absent, and the entire limb is shortened. It is a rare disorder and affects 1-4 person per 50,000. It is also known as the congenital femoral deficiency. Cause and Pathophysiology The exact cause of proximal femoral deficiency is not known but […]

Chemotherapy for tumors

What is Chemotherapy for Tumors and How Does it work

Chemotherapy literally means treatment of a disease by drugs. But the term has become a synonym with chemotherapy of tumors. Tumor chemotherapy is one of the basic pillars of cancer treatment, others being surgery and radiotherapy form the basic pillars of cancer treatment. Tumor chemotherapy drugs are also called anti-neoplastic drugs. Chemotherapy works by killing […]

Lumbar Degenerative Disc Disease

Lumbar Degenerative Disc Disease

Lumbar degenerative disc disease refers to a condition in which a compromised or degenerative disc in lumbar spine causes low back pain. Lumbar degenerative disc disease is quite common. At least 30% of people aged 30-50 years old are estimated to have some degree of disc space degeneration. All patients with the degenerated disc are […]

infectious myositis of quadriceps

Infectious Myositis Causes and Treatment

Infectious myositis is an acute, subacute, or chronic infection of skeletal muscle. It was considered a tropical disease once but now seen in temperate climates as well, particularly with the emergence of HIV infection. Viruses, bacteria (including mycobacteria), fungi, and parasites can cause infectious myositis. Infectious myositis has a male predominance and is typically seen […]

Bone Mineralization

Cortical Bone and Cancellous Bone

Cortical bone and cancellous bone are two types of osseous tissues of the human skeleton which differ in their structure and distribution. The difference in their structures and distribution is designed to carry different functions. What is Cortical Bone Cortical bone refers to the thick outer surface of typically a long bone [for example humerus […]

Browse Articles

Footer

Pages

  • About
    • Policies
    • Contact Us

Featured Article

Humerus Shaft Fracture Diagnosis and Treatment

The humerus shaft fracture is the fracture of humerus bone that lies between the proximal and distal part of the humerus. This part lies between the … [Read More...] about Humerus Shaft Fracture Diagnosis and Treatment

Search Articles

© Copyright: BoneAndSpine.com