Does therapeutic touch ease the discomfort or distress of patients undergoing stereotactic core breast biopsy? A randomized clinical trial

Pain Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 419-424

  Frank, Leslie Smith ^a   Frank, James L ^a,b   March, David ^a,b   Makari Judson, Grace ^a,b   Barham, Ruth B ^a   Mertens, Wilson C ^a,b  

^a BAYSTATE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Breast biopsy; Pain; Percutaneous; Therapeutic touch

Indexed keywords

ADRENALIN; LOCAL ANESTHETIC AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ANALYTICAL PARAMETERS; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; BREAST BIOPSY; BREAST LESION; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; FEAR; FEMALE; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAMMOGRAPHY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN; PSYCHOPHYSIOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STEREOTAXIC SURGERY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; ANXIETY; BIOPSY; BREAST; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD; STEREOTAXIC TECHNIQUES; THERAPEUTIC TOUCH; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 34547472472     PISSN: 15262375     EISSN: 15264637     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-4637.2006.00256.x     Document Type: Article

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