Posted by SLS on April 28, 2013, at 17:53:52
In reply to Re: 1-10, posted by alexandra_k on April 28, 2013, at 4:05:46
> i feel the same way about rating systems. i used to refuse to do them but then people got upset. then i got the hang of it. what they want to see from you is for your rating of your anxiety to go down in time. that means the treatment was effective, you see.
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> ugh.
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> meaningless waste of time
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> meaningless
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> i thought it was my numeracy issue... but now i'm not so sure...
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> 'better or worse or much the same' works pretty well for me.
I have found numeric rating systems to be helpful. They allow my doctors and I to get some idea as to the direction and magnitude of changes in my condition. Self-ratings can take some time and practice to establish a meaningful scale.
- ScottSome see things as they are and ask why.
I dream of things that never were and ask why not.- George Bernard Shaw
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