Parental distress and catastrophic thoughts about child pain: Implications for parental protective behavior in the context of child leukemia-related medical procedures

Clinical Journal of Pain

Volumn 30, Issue 9, 2014, Pages 787-799

  Caes, Line ^a,b   Vervoort, Tine ^b   Devos, Patricia ^c   Verlooy, Joris ^c   Benoit, Yves ^c   Goubert, Liesbet ^b  

^a IWK HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

childhood leukemia; invasive medical procedures; parental behavior; parental catastrophizing; parental distress

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BONE MARROW BIOPSY; CATASTROPHIZING; CHILD; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EMOTIONAL STRESS; HUMAN; INFANT; LUMBAR PUNCTURE; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PARENTAL BEHAVIOR; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ADVERSE EFFECTS; AGE; BONE MARROW PURGING; CHILD PARENT RELATION; FEMALE; LEUKEMIA; MALE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PARENT; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSYCHOLOGY; PUNCTURE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; BONE MARROW PURGING; CATASTROPHIZATION; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; LEUKEMIA; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN; PARENT-CHILD RELATIONS; PARENTS; SPINAL PUNCTURE; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84906080497     PISSN: 07498047     EISSN: 15365409     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/AJP.0000000000000028     Document Type: Article

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