The impact of psychological factors on outcomes for spinal cord stimulation: An analysis with long-term follow-up

Pain Physician

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 265-275

  Wolter, Tilman ^a   Fauler, Ingrid ^a   Kieselbach, Kristin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Anxiety; Clinical efficacy; Depression; Disability; Paresthesia; Psychological factors; Self efficacy; Spinal cord stimulation

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; BECK DEPRESSION INDEX II; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; DISEASE DURATION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRAGEBOGEN ZUR ERFASSUNG DER SCHMERZSPEZIFISCHEN SELBSTWIRKSAMKEIT; HOSPITAL ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION TEST; HUMAN; IMPLANTABLE NEUROSTIMULATOR; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; NEUROPSYCHOLOGICAL TEST; NUMERIC RATING SCALE; PAIN; PAIN CLINIC; PAIN DISABILITY INDEX; PARESTHESIA; PATIENT INFORMATION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PREOPERATIVE EVALUATION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SELF CONCEPT; SEX DIFFERENCE; SPINAL CORD STIMULATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADULT; AGED; ANTI-INFLAMMATORY AGENTS, NON-STEROIDAL; ANXIETY; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER; DISABLED PERSONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURALGIA; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN PERCEPTION; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; QUESTIONNAIRES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SELF EFFICACY; SPINAL CORD STIMULATION; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC;

EID: 84878229570     PISSN: 15333159     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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