Correlation of pain scores, analgesic use, and beck anxiety inventory scores during hospitalization in lower extremity amputees.
Post amputation pain can be debilitating for patients and families. Chronic pain is a common phenomenon after lower extremity amputation, occurring in up to 80% of this population. The purpose of this pilot study was to correlate post amputation pain scores to opioid analgesic consumption and Beck Anxiety Inventory (BAI) scores. Twenty-three patients with lower extremity amputation at an 827-bed acute care inner-city hospital were surveyed pre-operatively and post-operatively to determine if there was a significant correlation between anxiety and pain. A numeric scale was utilized by patients to rate their pain level, while the BAI was utilized to measure their anxiety levels.A significant correlation was found between the pre-operative BAI levels and the BAI levels identified at time of discharge. Patients were found to have a higher than normal level of anxiety pre-operatively. No significant correlations were found between anxiety and pain.
Trame
Cathy D
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Miami Valley Hospital, Pain Center, 30 East Apple Street, Suite 5250, Dayton, Ohio 45409, USA.
Greene
Erin
E
Moddeman
Gail
G
Booth
Branyan A
BA
Konstantakos
Emmanuel K
EK
Parada
Stephen
S
Siebuhr
Karl
K
Laughlin
Richard T
RT