Psychosocial factors appear to predict postoperative pain: Interesting, but how can such information be used to reduce risk?

Techniques in Regional Anesthesia and Pain Management

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 90-99

  Burns, John W ^a   Moric, Mario ^a  

^a RUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Catastrophization; Cognitive therapy; Postoperative pain; Predictive value of tests; Psychological tests; Risk factors; Statistical data interpretation

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; COGNITIVE THERAPY; DISEASE MARKER; EFFECT SIZE; HUMAN; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; PREDICTIVE VALUE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY;

EID: 82555177300     PISSN: 1084208X     EISSN: 15584534     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/j.trap.2011.08.001     Document Type: Article

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