Citation

Taal LA, Faber AW. Burns 1997; 23(7-8): 545-549.

Affiliation

Burn Center, Zuiderziekenhuis, Rotterdam, Netherlands.

Copyright

(Copyright © 1997, Elsevier Publishing)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

9568321

Abstract

This article describes the relationship between post-traumatic morbidity, anxious anticipation of pain and pain perception in 33 adult burn patients. Burn patients were assessed, on average, 7 days after admission to the hospital. Five times a day nurses asked the patients to provide pain ratings. The more patients suffered from post-traumatic stress, the more their anxiety state was elevated. The association between post-traumatic stress and pain perception was, controlling for the effects of anxious anticipation, spurious.

Language: en