Use of a Numeric Visual Analog Anxiety Scale Among Patients Undergoing Colorectal Surgery

Gary Elkins, Ray Staniunas, M. Hasan Rajab, Joel Marcus and Todd Snyder
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Gary Elkins: Texas A&M University, Scott and White Clinic Hospital
Todd Snyder: Scott and White Clinic Hospital, Baylor University

Clinical Nursing Research, 2004, vol. 13, issue 3, 237-244

Abstract: The aim of this study was to evaluate the utility of a Numeric Visual Analog Anxiety Scale (NVAAS) as a potentially accurate and efficient way to determine presurgery anxiety among patients undergoing colorectal surgery. A secondary aim was to determine the relationship between NVAAS ratings of anxiety and postsurgery pain. Thirty-six patients scheduled for colorectal surgery were asked to rate their state anxiety on the NVAAS and to complete the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI). The NVAAS correlated significantly with STAI-state anxiety (0.64, p

Keywords: colorectal surgery; pain; anxiety; Visual Analog Scale (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2004
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DOI: 10.1177/1054773803262222

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