How do people understand their neuropathic pain? A Q-study

Pain

Volumn 155, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 349-355

  Martin, Sally ^a   Daniel, Clare ^b   Williams, Amanda C De C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b NATIONAL HOSPITAL FOR NEUROLOGY AND NEUROSURGERY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Lay understanding; Nerve damage; Psychological treatment

Indexed keywords

ANALGESIC AGENT; ANTICONVULSIVE AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; LIDOCAINE; MEDICAL CANNABIS; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; OPIATE; VITAMIN;

ACUPUNCTURE; ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE; ARTHRITIS; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO ILLNESS; BREATHING EXERCISE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CHRONIC PAIN; COGNITIVE THERAPY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; DIET THERAPY; ETIOLOGY; HEREDITY; HERPES ZOSTER; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MEDICAL HISTORY; MEDITATION; METHODOLOGY; MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS; NERVE BLOCK; NERVE INJURY; NERVE STIMULATION; NEUROPATHIC PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN INTERFERENCE; PAIN PARAMETERS; PALLIATIVE THERAPY; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PERSONAL EXPERIENCE; PERSONALITY TEST; PHYSIOTHERAPY; POSTHERPETIC NEURALGIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; Q METHODOLOGY; TRANSDERMAL PATCH; YOGA;

LAY UNDERSTANDING; NERVE DAMAGE; PSYCHOLOGICAL TREATMENT;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COMPREHENSION; DIAGNOSIS, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERNET; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NEURALGIA; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PILOT PROJECTS;

EID: 84892794938     PISSN: 03043959     EISSN: 18726623     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pain.2013.10.021     Document Type: Article

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