Focus on Experienced Anxiety Related to an Emergency Department Visit (FEAR-ED)

Medical Centre Leeuwarden

Status: Completed

Conditions: Fear

Treatments: Other: Questionnaire

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06202729

MCLSEH1

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of the present study is to determine the prevalence of anxiety in adult patients attending the ED of the Medical Centre Leeuwarden.

Full description

Determination of the prevalence of anxiety in adult patients attending the ED of the Medical Centre Leeuwarden. Secondarily, the common causes of anxiety and the effect of anxiety on the time of presentation to the ED and perceived pain will be investigated. In addition to gaining more insight into the relationship between the ED and anxiety, the study aims to raise awareness of anxiety among patients in the ED.

Enrollment: 139 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Age 18 years and older
• Competent to decide on study participation
• Written informed consent obtained

Exclusion criteria

• Patients from who a Dutch questionnaire cannot be obtained (e.g. delirious, comatose, confused and non-Dutch speaking patients)
• If the reason for ED presentation is: suicide, intoxication or reporting from a sexual violence center
• Patients with an active eating disorder
• Patient already included in this study
• Objection to the use of patient data registered in the EPD