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I've seen a lot of "face" scales. Have you seen those and/or do you find them more or less helpful if so?
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My wife swears that 5 is average just to make me feel better. >

The important thing is that you know how to use your 5! >

Well, 120 is pretty good I'd say >

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I think most people mean a scale from 0-10 when they say a scale from 1-10. >

When people say "1-10" they mean really any number (or thing) you can imagine.
Heck, I've heard, "On a scale 1 to *insert thing here* how good is *insert comparable thing here*?"
Basically 1-10 is less about the number range itself and more a way to express that you want someone to provide an assessment of something's rating in light of the initial scale, though the scale is not exclusive or limiting to the range of numbers presented, as 0 or negative, excessively large, and non-numbers can be valid rating methods that convey more meaning than saying any of the numbers in the initial 1-10 range. >

When I ask my patients at work to rate their pain on a scale from 0-10 and they say 47, I am not documenting 47. I might make a clinical note that they said 47, but I'm going to educate them on how that scale works or use a different pain scale.