Latent structure of fear of pain: An empirical test among a sample of community dwelling older adults

European Journal of Pain

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 419-425

  Asmundson, Gordon J G ^a   Hadjistavropoulos, Thomas ^a   Bernstein, Amit ^b,c   Zvolensky, Michael J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF REGINA   (Canada)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c STANFORD UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT   (United States)

Author keywords

Community; Elderly; Fear; Pain; Pain Anxiety Symptoms Scale; Taxon

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMAN; LATENT MODE ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MAXIMUM EIGENVALUE ANALYSIS; MONTE CARLO METHOD; PAIN; PAIN ANXIETY SYMPTOM SCALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RATING SCALE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AGING; ANXIETY; COHORT STUDIES; DATA COLLECTION; FEAR; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MANIFEST ANXIETY SCALE; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT;

EID: 61849171094     PISSN: 10903801     EISSN: 15322149     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejpain.2008.05.007     Document Type: Article

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