老年慢性疼痛患者焦虑的评估

Assessment of anxiety in elderly patients with chronic pain

随着我国社会老龄化进程的推进,老年群体的身心健康需要给予更多重视。老年人中慢性疼痛发病率高,长期被慢性疼痛困扰可能会导致焦虑。早期识别老年疼痛患者的焦虑,进行早干预、早治疗,有利于疼痛缓解和提高生活质量。目前我国老年慢性疼痛患者中焦虑的发生率高但识别率低,且尚无针对老年慢性疼痛患者的焦虑评估量表,我国临床和科研工作者仍旧依赖主流的外文翻译量表。本文对现阶段国内外常用的5种普通焦虑量表和3种针对老年患者或疼痛患者的焦虑量表进行了总结和对比,为后续在此基础上编制一套符合老年慢性疼痛患者特点的焦虑量表做准备。

With the aging of our society,the physical and mental health of the elderly needs more attention.The prevalence of chronic pain is high among the elderly and chronic pain may lead to anxiety.Early identification of anxiety in elderly chronic pain patients is the key for early intervention and treatment to relief the pain and improve the quality of life.Among elderly chronic pain patients in China,the prevalence of anxiety is high but the recognition rate is low.Furthermore,no anxiety assessment scale designed for elderly chronic pain patients available.Chinese clinical physicians and researchers at present still rely on mainstream foreign assessment scales.Our review summarizes and compares five commonly used anxiety scales and three anxiety scales designed for elderly patients or pain patients,in order to design and develop assessment anxiety scales for elderly chronic pain patients on this basis.