Exploration of the illness uncertainty concept in acute and chronic pain patients vs community patients

Pain Medicine

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 658-669

  Fishbain, David A ^a,b,c   Bruns, Daniel ^d,e   Disorbio, John M ^d,e   Lewis, John E ^a   Gao, Jinrun ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Miami Veterans Administration Hospital   (United States)

^c Douglas Gardens   (United States)

^d Health Psychology Associates   (United States)

^e Integrated Therapies   (United States)

^f State Farm Insurance   (United States)

Author keywords

Acute Pain; Acute Pain Patients; Ambiguity; Battery of Health Improvement (BHI 2); Chronic Illness; Chronic Pain; Chronic Pain Patients; Community Pain Free Controls; Illness Uncertainty; Imaginary Symptoms; Legitimate Symptoms; Uncertainty

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BATTERY FOR HEALTH IMPROVEMENT RESEARCH; BEHAVIOR HEALTH INVENTORY; CHRONIC PAIN; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOCTOR DISSATISFACTION SCALE; ETHNICITY; FACE VALIDITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; ILLNESS UNCERTAINTY THEORY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NAMED INVENTORIES, QUESTIONNAIRES AND RATING SCALES; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PREDICTION; RATING SCALE; REHABILITATION PATIENT; THEORY; ADOLESCENT; CHRONIC DISEASE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; PAIN; PSYCHOLOGY; UNCERTAINTY; VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; CULTURE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PAIN; REHABILITATION, VOCATIONAL; UNCERTAINTY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77953727397     PISSN: 15262375     EISSN: 15264637     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1526-4637.2010.00843.x     Document Type: Article

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