2.6.1. K-VAS and Korean Medical Outcome Study 36-Item Short Form (KSF-36)
pain
DISEASE
A change of K-VAS at 6 weeks was validated to check improvement of pain index during the middle of the dosage period. KSF-36 is the Korean version of the SF-36, a multidimensional generic health-related quality-of-life instrument consisting of 36 items. It is a general measurement tool that can measure overall health status, not targeting a specific age, disease condition, or treatment group. The KSF-36 score is expressed as a value between 0 (representing the lowest health status) and 100 (representing the highest health status) by converting the raw data.