Articles: pain-measurement.
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Randomized Controlled Trial Comparative Study Clinical Trial
Ongoing visual analog score display improves Emergency Department pain care.
The study purpose was to test two methods of pain assessment and display: ongoing (11 times over 2 h) visual analog scale (VAS) determination with data tabulation in the ED chart (Tabulation group), and similar VAS assessments with display of the information at the head of the ED bed (Graph group). A Control group had initial and 2-h VAS ascertainments charted (not graphed). ⋯ Tabulation group results were intermediate to those of Control and Graph patients. The data support further investigation of VAS display as a means of improving ED pain assessment.
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Annals of family medicine · May 2004
Randomized Controlled Trial Clinical TrialPatient pain in primary care: factors that influence physician diagnosis.
The accurate recognition of patient pain is a crucial, but sometimes difficult, task in medical care. This study explored factors related to the physician's diagnosis of pain in primary care patients. ⋯ The diagnosis of pain is influenced by the severity of patient pain, patient gender, and physician practice style. If the routine use of pain assessment tools is found to be effective in improving physician recognition and treatment of patients' pain, then application of these tools in patient care settings should be encouraged.
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Paediatric anaesthesia · Apr 2004
Randomized Controlled Trial Clinical TrialThe cardiac analgesic assessment scale (CAAS): a pain assessment tool for intubated and ventilated children after cardiac surgery.
This study evaluated the reliability and validity of the Cardiac Analgesic Assessment Scale (CAAS) as a postoperative pain instrument for children after cardiac surgery. ⋯ This study provides evidence that postoperative pain in sedated and intubated children after cardiac surgery can be assessed reliably using a formal pain tool.
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Altern Ther Health Med · Mar 2004
Randomized Controlled Trial Clinical TrialDouble-blind placebo-controlled trial of static magnets for the treatment of osteoarthritis of the knee: results of a pilot study.
Outpatient clinical studies of magnet therapy, a complementary therapy commonly used to treat osteoarthritis (OA), have been limited by the absence of a credible placebo control. ⋯ Despite our small sample size, magnets showed statistically significant efficacy compared to placebo after 4 hours under rigorously controlled conditions. The sustained efficacy of magnetic therapy for knee osteoarthritis could be assessed in an adequately powered trial utilizing an appropriate control such our new placebo-magnet device.
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Psychosomatic medicine · Mar 2004
Randomized Controlled Trial Comparative Study Clinical TrialFor whom does it work? Moderators of the effects of written emotional disclosure in a randomized trial among women with chronic pelvic pain.
Although written emotional disclosure has potential as a stress management intervention for people with health problems, the main (group) effects of disclosure in medical populations are limited. This study sought to identify individual difference moderators of the effects of written disclosure among women with chronic pelvic pain. ⋯ Although the main effects of writing about the stress of pelvic pain are limited, women with higher baseline ambivalence about emotional expression or negative affect appear to respond more positively to this intervention.