Ansiedad en pacientes que acuden al servicio de urgencias

Résumé

Objective: To know possible associations between anxiety suffered in Urgency Health Care Services and those factors. Design: Observational, descriptive and transversal study. Methodology: A questionnaire was administered to patients admitted in Emergency Service. Social-demographic and Use-of-Urgency-Service variables were recorded. Anxiety was dependent variable, measured according to State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI). A logistic regression model was adjusted to assess the association between anxiety and those independent variables. Results: The questionnaire was performed to 106 patients (48.1% male and 51.9% female), with an average age of 49 years (rank: 18 to 90 years). 46.4% of patients had Universitary studies. 45.3% lived with a couple, and 61.3% make a remunerated job. Bivariate analysis showed a significant association to �to live with a couple�, �marital status� and �current situation� variables. In the logistic regression model, a significant association was found between anxiety and �to live with a couple� variable (OR = 3.41; 95% CI: 1.31 � 8.84). Conclusions: Results show a high degree of anxiety among people seen in Emergency Service, so our initial hypothesis has been confirmed. The only variable significantly associated to anxiety was �to live with a couple�. Therefore, that variable must be recorded in the initial assessment of health care.