Rectosigmoid sensation was assessed with a modified validated visual analog scale from 0 10 with anchor words.
Pain is measured on a NRS (range 0-10) withethe anchor words 'no pain at all' and 'unbearable pain'.
Identical answers from a group of respondents usually indicates the inadequacy of the question posed or the anchor words used [ 25].
Global disease activity is measured on a NRS (0-10) withethe anchor words 'no symptoms' and 'extremely severe', answering the question: "All symptoms taken into account, what do you think about your condition the last week?" Health related quality of life is measured by the generic questionnaire SF-36 [ 20].
The anchor words were 0, no sensation; 1, vague perception of mild sensation; 2, definite perception of mild sensation; 3, vague perception of moderate sensation; 4, definite perception of moderate sensation; 5, pain detection threshold; 6, slight pain; 7, moderate pain; 8, medium pain intensity; 9, intense pain; and 10, unbearable pain.
Allowing that nothing is exactly the same in one language as in another, it anchors words such as abstraction, acedia, drive, disegno, Erscheinung, essence, melancholy, mimesis, praxis, pravda and others in their etymology and historical usage.
As such, participants are presented with several visible cues for scaling the severity of their pain: length, width, colour and the anchoring words.
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