NCT02405052

Validation of the Panic Screening Score in Patient With Unexplained Chest Pain

A Prospective Cohort Study to Refine and Validate the Panic Screening Score for Identifying Panic Attacks Associated With Unexplained Chest Pain in the Emergency Department

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 3,000 (estimated)
• Sponsor: CISSS de Chaudière-Appalaches · Other Government
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Panic-like anxiety ( panic attacks with or without panic disorder), a highly treatable condition, is the most prevalent condition associated with unexplained chest pain in the emergency department. Panic-like anxiety may be responsible for a significant portion of the negative consequences of unexplained chest pain, such as functional limitations and chronicity. However, more than 92% of panic-like anxiety cases remain undiagnosed at the time of discharge from the emergency department. The 4-item Panic Screening Score questionnaire was derived in order to increase the identification of panic-like anxiety in emergency department patients with unexplained chest pain. The goals of this prospective cohort study are to (1) refine the Panic Screening Score; (2) validate the revised version of the Panic Screening Score; (3) measure the reliability of the revised version of the Panic Screening Score and (4) assess the acceptability of the instrument among emergency physicians.

Conditions

• Noncardiac Chest Pain
• Panic Attack

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	No intervention	Validation of the Panic Screening Score

Timeline

• Start date: 2013-07-01
• Primary completion: 2015-12-01
• First posted: 2015-04-01
• Last updated: 2015-04-01

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Canada