Objectif Principal

- To evaluate the intensity and frequency of pain episodes in patients with cystic fibrosis followed at the cystic fibrosis center of Rouen University Hospital, Normandy, France.

Objectifs secondaires

• To assess the relationship between pain and disease severity.
• To assess the relationship between pain and the age of the patient.
• To describe the pain locations.
• To describe the use of pharmacological or nonpharmacological treatment.
• To evaluate the procedural pain.

Patients seen for routine planned visits complete a self-administered retrospective questionnaire about pain during the last 3 months, and a prospective diary during the two weeks following the visit.

Primary evaluation criteria :

Intensity and frequency of pain are evaluated with the prospective diary.

• The pain intensity is assessed by validated scales adapted to the patient's age (scale ranging from 0 to 10).

  0 to 6 years : numerical rating scale assessed by the parents. 4 to 7 years : Faces Pain Scale Revised. Children 6 years and older, adolescents and adults: numerical rating scale self-reported

• The pain frequency is completed twice a day (morning and evening) on the prospective pain diary.

Secondary evaluation criteria

• The disease severity, estimated using recent forced expiratory volume in one second (FEV1) (best measurement of the year before bronchodilator, collected in the patient's medical record)
• Pain locations, pharmacological or nonpharmacological treatment and procedural pain are evaluated using the diary and the questionnaire.
• Demographic data and characteristics of cystic fibrosis are collected using the medical file.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Children and adults followed at the cystic fibrosis center of Rouen University Hospital, Normandy, France.
• Seen for routine planned visits.
• Having expressed their non-opposition or whose non-opposition was expressed by the parents or legal representatives for minors

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patients seen for an acute episode or exacerbation outside of routine planned visits or patient hospitalized.
• Major patient under legal protection.
• Major patient having problems understanding the oral and written French language or child whose parents or legal representatives have problems understanding the oral and written French language.

Children and adults followed at the cystic fibrosis center of Rouen University Hospital, Normandy, France