TY  - JOUR
PY  - 1997//
TI  - Post-traumatic stress, pain and anxiety in adult burn victims
JO  - Burns: journal of the International Society for Burn Injuries
A1  - Taal, L. A.
A1  - Faber, A. W.
SP  - 545
EP  - 549
VL  - 23
IS  - 7-8
N2  - 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.<p /> <p>Language: en</p> 
LA  - en
SN  - 0305-4179
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/
ID  - ref1
ER  -