Psychological characteristics and patient-controlled analgesia
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Psychological characteristics and the effectiveness of patient-controlled analgesia.
We have evaluated the level of state and trait anxiety, neuroticism, extroversion and coping style as predictors of the effectiveness of patient-controlled analgesia (PCA) in 110 patients undergoing total abdominal hysterectomy. After operation patients were allocated to receive pain control with either PCA or i.m. injections (IMI). Pain was assessed using the short form McGill pain questionnai...
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عنوان ژورنال: British Journal of Anaesthesia
سال: 1996
ISSN: 0007-0912
DOI: 10.1093/bja/76.4.595