Fear in pediatric acute pain: role and measurement

Autor:	C. Meghan McMurtry, Leanne Bird
Rok vydání:	2012
Předmět:	business.industry media_common.quotation_subject MEDLINE Sensory system Context (language use) General Medicine Perception Anesthesia Tissue damage Medicine business Acute pain media_common Clinical psychology
Zdroj:	Pain Management. 2:527-529
ISSN:	1758-1877 1758-1869
Popis:	527 ISSN 1758-1869 10.2217/PMT.12.56 © 2012 Future Medicine Ltd Pain Manage. (2012) 2(6), 527–529 Pain is defined as “an unpleasant sensory and emotional experience associated with actual or potential tissue damage, or described in terms of such damage” [101]. The complex and subjective nature of pain necessitates attention to factors that may alter an individual’s experience of pain. Negative emotions, such as fear, may be particularly important factors to consider. Painful needle procedures, such as immunizations and venipunctures, are a very common source of pain in childhood and these same procedures are also fear-inducing for children (as well as a number of adults). The objectives of this commentary are to discuss the relationship between fear and perception of acute pain in children and highlight the importance of measuring fear in this context.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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