Little attention has been paid to the symptom management needs of patients with life-
threatening diseases other than cancer. In this study, we aimed to determine to what extent …

Objective: The purpose of this meta-analysis was to investigate the effects of cognitive
behavioral therapy (CBT) and patient education (PE) on commonly reported problems …

More patients with opioid addiction are receiving opioid agonist therapy (OAT) with
methadone and buprenorphine. As a result, physicians will more frequently encounter …

The Brief Pain Inventory short form (BPI-sf) is a validated, widely used, self-administered
questionnaire developed to assess the severity of pain and the impact of pain on daily …

Background: Caring traditionally has been at the center of nursing. Effectively measuring the
process of nurse caring is vital in nursing research. A short, less burdensome dimensional …

Background: Evidence suggests that racial and ethnic disparities exist in access to effective
pain treatment. Purpose: To review evidence of these disparities and provide …

OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the effect of emergency department (ED) crowding on
assessment and treatment of pain in older adults. DESIGN: Retrospective review of ED …

Cancer patients may experience multiple concurrent symptoms caused by the cancer,
cancer treatment, or their combination. The complex relationships between and among …

El dolor es frecuentemente infravalorado, y por tanto insuficientemente tratado en los
pacientes críticos. Las respuestas psicológicas, hemodinámicas, metabólicas y …

Objective. This article applied dual process models of stereotyping to illustrate how various
psychological mechanisms may lead to unintentional provider bias in decisions about pain …