Patients' experiences of pain and pain relief during photodynamic therapy on actinic keratoses: An interview study

Acta Dermato-Venereologica

Volumn 93, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 433-437

  Halldin, Christina B ^a   Gonzalez, Helena ^a   Wennberg, Ann Marie ^a   Lepp, Margret ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Actinic keratoses; Interviews; Nerve blocks; Pain; Phenomenography; Photodynamic therapy

Indexed keywords

ACTINIC KERATOSIS; ADULT; AGED; ANALGESIA; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FACE; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PHOTODYNAMIC THERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; SCALP; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; KERATOSIS, ACTINIC; MALE; NERVE BLOCK; PAIN; PAIN MANAGEMENT; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PAIN PERCEPTION; PATIENT SATISFACTION; PATIENTS; PHOTOCHEMOTHERAPY; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84879730250     PISSN: 00015555     EISSN: 16512057     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2340/00015555-1500     Document Type: Article

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