title: Assessment of pain, depression, and anxiety by visual analogue scale in Japanese women with rheumatoid arthritis.
abstract: Assessment of pain, depression, and anxiety by visual analogue scale in Japanese women with rheumatoid arthritis Visual analogue scales (VAS) of depression and anxiety were compared with standard full-length measures of these variables and with VAS of pain (VAS Pain). This was a good way to develop a practical methodology for the routine assessment of pain and affect in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients. The reliability of VAS Pain was studied by test-retest. The validity of VAS Pain in our sample was proved by correlations with the results of other tests. We also investigated the relationship between VAS Pain and C-reactive protein (CRP). In 145 female RA patients, VAS of depression and anxiety were significantly correlated with full-length measures of these variables, and accounted for the majority of the explained variance in VAS Pain, while the full-length standard measures contributed little more. In conclusion, VAS measurements of pain and affect were comprehensible, easily filled-out, and reliable in a sample of Japanese women with RA, and could capture some aspect of affective distress unique to RA patients.
authors: Department of Public Health, Teikyo University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan. ntamiya@med.teikyo-u.ac.jp
authors: Nanako
authors: N
authors: Tamiya
authors: Shunichi
authors: S
authors: Araki
authors: Gen
authors: G
authors: Ohi
authors: Katsuhiko
authors: K
authors: Inagaki
authors: Naoko
authors: N
authors: Urano
authors: Wataru
authors: W
authors: Hirano
authors: Lawren Hugh
authors: LH
authors: Daltroy
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001007:Anxiety / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D001172:Arthritis, Rheumatoid / Q000097:blood / Q000150:complications / Q000523:psychology*; D002097:C-Reactive Protein; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003863:Depression / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D010146:Pain / Q000097:blood / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D010147:Pain Measurement / Q000379:methods*; D011594:Psychometrics
chemical_list: D002097:C-Reactive Protein