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Psychological Aspects of the Pain Experience of Patients with War Injuries of the Peripheral Nervous System
Silva SOLDO-BUTKOVIĆ
Mirjana VLADETIĆ
Marija ČANDRLIĆ
Sažetak
Scientists as well as people in general agree that pain is a very
complex experience which includes cognitive, emotional and behavioral
components. In our study we have analyzed pain experience
in the case of patients with injuries of the peripheral nervous
system which occurred during the war in Croatia. All lesions
were verified by EMNG diagnostics. We assessed pain experience
shortly after the trauma and about ten years later after medical
treatment and rehabilitation, when we also assessed the state of
functional health. The study included 109 patients (99 men and
10 women), mean age 41.85 years. For the assessment of pain
experience we used the short form of the McGill Pain Questionnaire
(SF-MPQ) and visual analogue scale (VAS). For functional
health assessment we used Coop-Wonca charts. The results show
a high intensity of pain experience in both examinations, but a significantly
higher one (p < 0.01) in the first situation (after the trauma)
than about ten years later. Results of the Coop-Wonca charts
show moderate to severe difficulties in the physical, daily and social
activities, and emotions. The patients' general health has mostly
been assessed as severely damaged, and the pain as moderately
high. Most of the patients have registered no changes in
their health situation lately. Our study emphasizes again the
importance of the psychological component in pain experience
and the efforts for assessing pain in the process of rehabilitation.
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Hrčak ID:
16243
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Datum izdavanja:
31.10.2004.
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