Psychological interventions for needle-related procedural pain and distress in children and adolescents

Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews

Volumn , Issue 4, 2006, Pages

  Uman, Lindsay S ^a   Chambers, C T ^b   McGrath, P J ^b   Kisely, S ^b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b NONE

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Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; BEHAVIOR THERAPY; CHILD; CINAHL; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COCHRANE LIBRARY; COGNITIVE THERAPY; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DATA ANALYSIS; DISTRESS SYNDROME; EMBASE; HUMAN; HYPNOSIS; IMAGERY; IMMUNIZATION; INJECTION; MEDLINE; NEEDLE; PAIN; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCINFO; REVIEW; SELF REPORT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 42749104501     PISSN: 1469493X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/14651858.CD005179.pub2     Document Type: Review

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