The goal of this study is to learn about the patient's perspective regarding to psychological mood before and after an invasive urodynamic study.
The participants have already had an indication of an invasive urodynamic study. All patients will be given STAI, perceived stress scale and VAS forms just before, after and 1-week following an invasive urodynamic study. The scores will be compared.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
50
The State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) is a psychological inventory consisting of 40 self-report items on a 4-point Likert scale. The STAI measures two types of anxiety - state anxiety and trait anxiety. Higher scores are positively correlated with higher levels of anxiety.
The Perceived Stress Scale (PSS) is the most widely used psychological instrument for measuring the perception of stress. It is a measure of the degree to which situations in one's life are appraised as stressful. Items were designed to tap how unpredictable, uncontrollable, and overloaded respondents find their lives. The scale also includes a number of direct queries about current levels of experienced stress. PSS scores are obtained by reversing responses (e.g., 0 = 4, 1 = 3, 2 = 2, 3 = 1 \& 4 = 0) to the four positively stated items (items 4, 5, 7, \& 8) and then summing across all scale items. A short 4 item scale can be made from questions 2, 4, 5 and 10 of the PSS 10 item scale
The State-Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI)
Questionnaire
Time frame: 1 week
Visual Analogue Scale
Questionnaire
Time frame: 1 week
Perceived Stress Scale
Questionnaire
Time frame: 1 week
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The visual analogue scale (VAS) is a psychometric response scale that can be used in questionnaires. It is a measurement instrument for subjective characteristics or attitudes that cannot be directly measured. When responding to a VAS item, respondents specify their level of agreement to a statement by indicating a position along a continuous line between two end points.