Use of brief, simple anxiety assessment tools in palliative care – yes, we can: a cross-sectional observational study of anxiety visual analog scale and numeric rating scale
Cut-offs of 5 for the NRS and 49 millimeters for the VAS showed excellent sensitivity for detecting anxiety in palliative care.
Authors
- Marianne Bourdon (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1140-3177)
- Aurélie Le Thuaut (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4780-5637)
- P. Jégo
- Caroline Victorri‐Vigneau (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3745-2532)
- Pierre Nizet (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6224-8146)
- Adrien Evin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5720-1597)
- Jean‐François Huon (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8738-4419)
Institutions
- Inserm (FR)
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Nantes (FR)
- Centre de Recherche en Cancérologie et Immunologie Intégrée Nantes Angers (FR)
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Tours (FR)
- Centre d'Investigation Clinique de Nantes (FR)
- methodS in Patient-centered outcomes and HEalth ResEarch
- Nantes Université (FR)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Palliative Care
- Published
- 2025-07-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12904-025-01814-2
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Cancer survivorship and care
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 3.14