Chronic pain treatment in children and adolescents: Less is good, more is sometimes better

BMC Pediatrics

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Hechler, Tanja ^a   Wager, Julia ^a   Zernikow, Boris ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WITTEN HERDECKE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Intensive inpatient treatment; Interdisciplinary; Outpatient treatment; Paediatric chronic pain

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CHRONIC PAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOTIVATION; OUTPATIENT CARE; PAIN ASSESSMENT; PAIN INTENSITY; PATIENT CARE; PEDIATRIC PAIN DISABILITY INDEX; SCORING SYSTEM; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; ABSENTEEISM; AMBULATORY CARE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DISABILITY; GERMANY; HOSPITALIZATION; INFANT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PAIN CLINIC; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; YOUNG ADULT;

ABSENTEEISM; ADOLESCENT; AMBULATORY CARE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHRONIC PAIN; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; GERMANY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PAIN CLINICS; PAIN MEASUREMENT; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PATIENT OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84928717742     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712431     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2431-14-262     Document Type: Article

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