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| VAS study authors | Age range (mean)
| Children completed assessment | Completed with clinician | Parents completed assessment | Person completing not described | Highest anchor | Classification details provided | Successive ratings gained | Reference time period |
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| Abu-Saad and Uiterwijk (1995) [35] | 7–16 | ✓ | | ✓ | | I have very severe pain | X | No | Present and worst pain |
| Astfalck et al. (2010) [36] | 14–16 (15.55) | | | | X | X | X | X | Current pain |
| Chan et al. (2009) [37] | 14–18 | | | | X | X | X | Yes | X |
| Cohen et al. (2010) [38] | 10–18 (14.8) | ✓ | | | | Worst pain possible | X | No | Typical pain over the past week |
| de Oliveira et al. (2011) [39] | 8–14
(11.6) | | | ✓ | | Very severe pain | X | No | X |
| Eccleston et al. (2004) [40] | 11–17 (14.45) | ✓ | | ✓ | | Worst pain possible | X | No | Average pain intensity over the previous week |
| Gold et al. (2009) [41] | 8–18 (13.89) | ✓ | | | | Worst pain imaginable | X | No | Pain over the past month |
| Gragg et al. (1996) [42] | 8–16 | ✓ | | ✓ | | Hurting a whole lot or
severe pain | X | Yes | Present and worst pain intensity for the previous week |
| Guite et al. (2011) [27] | 12–18 (15.10) | ✓ | | | | Unbearable pain | X | Yes | Most, usual, and least pain |
| Hunfeld et al. (2002) [43] | 12–18 (14.5) | ✓ | | | | Worst pain imaginable | X | Yes | Pain at that moment |
| Hunfeld et al. (2002) [44] | 5–11
(8.4) | | | ✓ | | Worst pain imaginable | X | Yes | Pain at that moment |
| Jacob et al. (2012) [45] | 10–17
(13.4) | | | | X | Worst pain | X | No | Current, worst, and least pain in the last 12 hours |
| Kashikar-Zuck et al. (2011) [28] | 8–18
(14.2) | ✓ | | | | Worst imaginable pain | X | No | Highest, lowest, and average pain |
| Kashikar-Zuck et al. (2012) [46] | 11–18
(15) | | | | X | Worst possible pain | X | Yes | Average pain severity |
| Konijnenberg et al. (2005) | 8–18
(11.8) | | | | X | Worst pain possible | X | No | Current pain level and highest pain in days preceding |
| Logan et al. (2006) [48] | 13–18
(15.3) | ✓ | | ✓ | | X | X | X | Most, usual, and least pain |
| Lynch et al. (2006) [49] | 8–18
(14.9) | ✓ | | | | Worst imaginable pain | X | No | Highest, lowest, and average in the last two weeks |
| Schanberg et al. (2003) [50] | 8–17
(12.3) | ✓ | | | | Hurting a whole lot or
severe pain or very uncomfortable | X | Yes | Daily pain intensity |
| Stinson et al. (2008) [51] | 8–17
(13) | ✓ | | | | Very much pain | X | Yes | Current, least, average, and worst pain intensity |
| Stinson et al. (2013) [52] | 9–18 | ✓ | | | | Worst possible pain | X | Yes | How much pain you have right now |
| Swain et al. (2005) [53] | 13–17
(15.62) | ✓ | ✓ (psychologist) | | | Worst imaginable pain | X | No | Highest, lowest, and average in the last two weeks |
| Varni et al. (1987) [54] | 5–15 (9.5) | ✓ | ✓ (paediatric rheumatologist) | ✓ | | Hurting a whole lot or
severe pain | X | No | Present pain and worst pain intensity for the previous week |
| Vervoort et al. (2008) [34] | 8–18
(13.33) | ✓ | ✓ (psychologist) | | | A lot of pain | X | No | Most severe and present pain |
| Vetter et al. (2014) [55] | 8–17 | ✓ | | ✓ | | Hurting a whole lot or
Severe pain or very uncomfortable | X | No | Pain at the present time and at its worst in the past week |
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