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For pleasantness ratings, participants rated how warm they felt towards each image by indicating a particular temperature on a thermometer ranging from 0° (no warm feelings) to 100° (extremely warm feelings).
The VAS is a metric representing the relative standing of health states on a "thermometer" ranging from "worst imaginable" to "best imaginable" health.
EQ-5D also includes a visual analogue scale (VAS) designed to look like a vertical thermometer, ranging from 0, meaning the worst imaginable health state, to 100, meaning the best imaginable health state.
The EQ-5D descriptive system is followed by the EQ VAS, which is similar to a thermometer, ranging from 0 (worst imaginable health state) to 100 (best imaginable health state).
Our VAS depicted a 100-point vertical thermometer ranging from 0: 'worst imaginable health state' (lower anchor) to 100: 'best imaginable health state' (upper anchor), the standard EuroQoL-format [ 29].
The "Lastmeter" (a combination of the Distress Thermometer ranging from 0 to 10 with the Problem List and a single question on the need to talk to a professional)[ 30] evaluates a wide range of problems and is recommended in the Dutch guideline "Detecting the need for psychological care" [ 31].
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Next to the assessment of quality of life on five health-state dimensions (mobility, self-care, usual activity, pain/discomfort and anxiety/depression), the EuroQol thermometer ranges someone's current health status between 0 and 100 [ 59].
The Disabkids test has good reliability and validity [ 33]. 'Check your health' measures perceived physical and emotional health, social relationships and general QoL on vertical thermometer scales, ranging from 0 to 100, with 0 indicating low perceived health and QoL.
The Swedish version of HADS has been used in this study, which has been translated by Lisspers et al. [ 24]. 'Check your health' measures perceived physical and emotional health, social relationships and general QoL on a vertical thermometer scales, ranging from 0 to 100, with 0 indicating low perceived health and QoL.
Over 3,000 US respondents were asked to rate members of religious groups using a "feeling thermometer" that ranged from 0 to 100: 0 indicated the coldest, most negative possible rating and 100 the warmest, most positive rating.
The EQ-visual analog scale or health state thermometer score ranged from 0 (worst imaginable health state) to 100 (best imaginable health state).
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