title: Association between anxiety and pain in the latent phase of labour upon admission to the maternity hospital: a prospective, descriptive study.
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.
authors.affiliation: University of Geneva Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland University of Applied Sciences Western Switzerland, Lausanne, Switzerland lucia.floris@hcuge.ch.
authors.forename: Lucia
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Floris
authors.affiliation: University of Geneva Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Olivier
authors.initials: O
authors.lastname: Irion
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D015360:Analgesia, Epidural / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D001007:Anxiety / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology*; D015897:Comorbidity; D005260:Female; D006771:Hospitals, Maternity / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D006801:Humans; D048949:Labor Pain / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology*; D007743:Labor, Obstetric / Q000523:psychology*; D010147:Pain Measurement; D011247:Pregnancy; D011446:Prospective Studies; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: anxiety; labour first stage; labour onset; parturition; patient satisfaction