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- Lucia Floris and Olivier Irion.
- University of Geneva Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland University of Applied Sciences Western Switzerland, Lausanne, Switzerland lucia.floris@hcuge.ch.
- J Health Psychol. 2015 Apr 1; 20 (4): 446-55.
AbstractThis 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. © The Author(s) 2013.
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