most children in hospital have pain. seeing your child in pain or discomfort is incredibly difficult. pain in children is a public health concern of major significance in most parts of the world. we have learned that unrelieved pain causes the body to release certain chemicals that may actually delay healing, so it's important to work with child's nurses and doctors to help children f...

OBJECTIVES The aim of this study was to systematically assess the pain experienced by patients undergoing mammography for various clinical presentations. SUBJECTS AND METHODS Two hundred and twenty-five patients aged 25-85 years (45.43 +/- 8.25 years) presenting for mammography were included in the study. Presenting symptoms and clinical diagnosis were provided by the referring physicians and...

BACKGROUND The aim of this clinical investigation was to compare the level of discomfort reported by patients during the removal of orthodontic metallic brackets performed with four different debonding instruments. METHODS The sample examined in this split-mouth study comprised a total of 70 patients (840 teeth). Four different methods of bracket removal were used: lift-off debonding instrume...

In this paper, we explore the possibility to apply machine learning to make diagnostic predictions using discomfort drawings. A discomfort drawing is an intuitive way for patients to express discomfort and pain related symptoms. These drawings have proven to be an effective method to collect patient data and make diagnostic decisions in real-life practice. A dataset from real-world patient case...

background and aims. the purpose of this study was to compare the effects on patients’ discomfort of four different protective methods for donor sites after free gingival graft (fgg) surgery. materials and methods. this study compared the effects of four different covering methods on discomfort (pain, chewing, speaking, appearance) of patients at the donor site. this study included 4 groups: gr...

BACKGROUND Open mesh or non-mesh inguinal hernia repair may influence the incidence of chronic postoperative pain differently. METHODS A total of 300 patients scheduled for repair of a primary unilateral inguinal hernia were randomized to non-mesh or mesh repair. The primary outcome measure was clinical outcome including persistent pain and discomfort interfering with daily activity. Long-ter...

We applied the peak-end paradigm that was first introduced in the pain literature to examine the experience of effort and discomfort during a cognitively demanding working memory task. A total of 401 participants were asked to rate their effort and discomfort during and after the administration of a working memory task, which systematically varied task difficulty within participants and task du...

OBJECTIVE The aim of the study was to investigate the signs and symptoms of temporomandibular disorders (TMD) as well as the relationships between TMD, malocclusion and the need for orthodontic treatment. MATERIAL AND METHODS Forty consecutive patients (36 F, 4 M) with a median age of 35 (IQR 18) years. Eighteen patients had Class I, 22 patients Class II malocclusion. A rating scale for the i...