Validation and Pertinence of Anxiety Analogic Visual Scale in Pain Management

Validation and Pertinence of Anxiety Analogic Visual Scale in Pain Management by Mobile Acute Pain Team

Screening of anxiogenic part of pain is an imperative during a medical pain consultation. The actual tools for evaluation of this specific part are complex and time consuming.

To date, it lacked a reliable and reproductive tool to quickly evaluate anxiety of patient in pain. The purpose of this study is to demonstrate the pertinence and validity of anxiety analogic visual scale by comparison with the actual reference the self-assessment questionnaire State Trait Inventory Anxiety Y-A form.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Signed and dated informed consent
• Male or female aged from ≥ 18 years old
• Perfect patient ability to understand and write French
• Patient with a pain threshold permitting a initial medication free consultation and completion of anxiety surveys.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Inability of patient to understand the study procedures and thus inability to give informed consent.