Validation of the oesophageal hypervigilance and anxiety scale for chronic oesophageal disease.
Tiffany H TaftJoseph R TriggsDustin A CarlsonLivia GuadagnoliKathryn Noth TomasinoLaurie KeeferJohn E PandolfinoPublished in: Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics (2018)
The EHAS is a 15-item scale assessing oesophageal hypervigilance and symptom-specfic anxiety. The EHAS could be useful in evaluating the role of these constructs in several oesophageal conditions in which hypersensitivity, hypervigilance and anxiety may contribute to symptoms and impact treatment outcomes.
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