Anxiety of Patient and His Partner During Admission to Emergency Department

Anxiety of Patient and His Partner During Admission to Emergency Department

Evaluate and compare the impact of partner's stress in the pain of the patient admitted in the emergency department

Admission to an emergency department is a major source of anxiety for the patient. Anxiety plays not only a role in its emotional state but can also have consequences on the taking care of the patient and especially on the analgesic procedure.

Since pain is one of the first causes of emergency admission, patient anxiety should not be overlooked. In the emergency department, patient consults frequently, with his partner . Anxiety can also affect the partner, which may affect the patient. No studies have yet demonstrated this correlation.

This study will evaluate, the anxiety of both parties and show the presence or not of an influence of the partner's anxiety on the patient using a standardized questionnaire, the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory- form Y (STAI-Y).

Inclusion Criteria:

• Admission to emergency department accompanied by his partner (lives in concubinage with the patient)
• Nurse patient's classification score up or equal to 3, 4 or 5
• Oral consent given to the inclusion by the patient and the partner
• Patient and partner Francophone or with a good understanding of French

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patient under a system of legal protection
• Non-Communicating Patient and partner
• Patient and partner unable to write
• Refusal of patient or partner
• Admission of the patient with shock treatment corresponding to the nurse patient's classification score 1 and 2