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Table 1 Cross-tabulation of the number of patients assigned to the various categories of Visual Analog Scale (VAS) by Nurses versus Physicians

From: A comparison of nurses’ and physicians’ perception of cancer treatment burden based on reported adverse events

 

Physicians VAS Categories

Nurses VAS Categories

0–2

2–4

4–6

6–8

8–10

0–2

4

4

0

1

0

2–4

5

25

19

4

0

4–6

6

45

89

23

1

6–8

0

5

37

35

8

8–10

0

0

1

5

17

  1. The categories of VAS are 0–2, 2–4, 4–6, 6–8 and 8–10. The anchors on the VAS were 0 = No Adverse Event, 2 = Mild, 4 = Moderate, 6 = Severe, 8 = Life-threatening, 10 = Death. The numbers on the diagonal in bold indicate agreement between nurses and physicians in regards to the VAS category. The numbers to the right of the diagonal indicate the number of patients for which physicians assigned higher VAS categories compared to nurses. The numbers to the left of the diagonal indicate the number of patients for which physicians assigned lower VAS categories compared to nurses. Entries in bold indicate the number of patients for which physicians and nurses agreed