Association between anxiety and pain in the latent phase of labour upon admission to the maternity hospital: a prospective, descriptive study

Floris Benzi, Lucia; Irion, Olivier

doi:10.1177/1359105313502695

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English

Association between anxiety and pain in the latent phase of labour upon admission to the maternity hospital: a prospective, descriptive study

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Floris Benzi, Lucia; Irion, Olivier

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Journal of health psychology, vol. 20, no. 4, p. 446-455

Publication date

2015

Abstract

This study investigated the association between anxiety experienced by the mother, a request for analgesia, and the level of pain at maternity hospital admission in early labour. Anxiety levels were measured by the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory and pain was assessed using a Visual Analogue Scale. Anxiety and Visual Analogue Scale scores were compared using a linear regression model and indicated a statistically significant association between the anxiety state and degree of pain (p < 0.016; Y = 0.895 x score + 32.656). There was no significant association between anxiety and a request for epidural analgesia. During labour, an evaluation of anxiety should be associated with an assessment of the perceived degree of pain.

Keywords

Adult
Analgesia, Epidural/psychology/statistics & numerical data
Anxiety/epidemiology/psychology
Comorbidity
Female
Hospitals, Maternity/statistics & numerical data
Humans
Labor Pain/epidemiology/psychology
Labor, Obstetric/psychology
Pain Measurement
Pregnancy
Prospective Studies
Young Adult

UNIGE affiliation entities

Faculté de médecine / Section de médecine clinique / Département de pédiatrie, gynécologie et obstétrique

UNIGE research groups

Martinez De Tejada Begona (272)

Citation (ISO format)

FLORIS BENZI, Lucia, IRION, Olivier. Association between anxiety and pain in the latent phase of labour upon admission to the maternity hospital: a prospective, descriptive study. In: Journal of health psychology, 2015, vol. 20, n° 4, p. 446–455. doi: 10.1177/1359105313502695

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PID : unige:89571
DOI : 10.1177/1359105313502695
PMID : 24155186

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1359-1053

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Association between anxiety and pain in the latent phase of labour upon admission to the maternity hospital: a prospective, descriptive study

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