Memory for Pain? A Comparison of Nonexperiential Estimates and Patients' Reports of the Quality and Intensity of Postoperative Pain

Journal of Pain

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 342-349

  Terry, Rohini H ^a   Niven, Catherine A ^a   Brodie, Eric E ^b   Jones, Ray B ^c   Prowse, Morag A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STIRLING   (United Kingdom)

^b GLASGOW CALEDONIAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^d EDINBURGH NAPIER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Acute pain; knowing; memory; remembering; SF MPQ

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MCGILL PAIN QUESTIONNAIRE; MEMORY; PAIN ASSESSMENT; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; VASCULAR SURGERY; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ADULT; AGED; CONSCIOUSNESS; DATA COLLECTION; HUMANS; MEMORY; MIDDLE AGED; OBSERVER VARIATION; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN THRESHOLD; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PHYSICIAN-PATIENT RELATIONS; VARICOSE VEINS; VASCULAR SURGICAL PROCEDURES;

EID: 41049096360     PISSN: 15265900     EISSN: 15288447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpain.2007.11.008     Document Type: Article

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