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Asa Rudin - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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prediction of postoperative Pain a systematic review of predictive experimental Pain Studies
Anesthesiology, 2010Co-Authors: Mads U Werner, Helena Nilsson Mjobo, Per Rotboll Nielsen, Asa RudinAbstract:Quantitative testing of a patient’s basal Pain perception before surgeryhasthepotentialtobeofclinicalvalueifitcanaccurately predict the magnitude of Pain and requirement of analgesics after surgery. This review includes 14 Studies that have investigated the correlation between preoperative responses to experimental Pain stimuli and clinical postoperative Pain and demonstratesthatthepreoperativePaintestsmaypredict4–54%ofthe variance in postoperative Pain experience depending on the stimulationmethodsandthetestparadigmused.Thepredictive strength is much higher than previously reported for single factor analyses of demographics and psychologic factors. In addition, some of these Studies indicate that an increase in preoperative Pain sensitivity is associated with a high probability of development of sustained postsurgical Pain.
Johnny Fontaine - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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the unbearable lightness of somatisation a systematic review of the concept of somatisation in empirical Studies of Pain
Pain, 2009Co-Authors: Geert Crombez, Koen Beirens, Stefaan Van Damme, Christopher Eccleston, Johnny FontaineAbstract:Abstract Somatisation is often invoked to explain Pain and suffering in patients. Lipowski [34] defined somatisation as “a tendency to experience and communicate somatic distress and symptoms unaccounted for by pathological findings, to attribute them to physical illness, and to seek medical help for them” (p. 1359). His concept is widely accepted. This study investigated to what extent this conceptualisation is used in the empirical Studies of Pain. Studies were identified through searches from Web of Science, Pubmed and Psychinfo databases for the period from 1989 until 2007. Screening an initial set of 1020 articles resulted in 120 articles fulfilling inclusion criteria. One hundred and sixteen articles were retrieved and coded in terms of the conceptualisation of Lipowski [34] . All Studies had a measure of somatic symptoms, most often questionnaires. Whether the symptoms were unaccounted for by pathological findings was rarely investigated. No study assessed whether the participants attributed the somatic complaints to physical illness. Most Studies included patients seeking help in a clinical setting, but only one study investigated whether patients were seeking help for the somatisation complaints. In conclusion, no study fulfilled the construct criteria as defined by Lipowski [34] . Most Studies focus upon the extent and diversity of somatic complaints. We recommend that researchers who use self-report instruments do not use the term “somatisation” (even if the instrument is labeled as a “somatisation” scale), but use the term “multiple physical symptoms” instead. The current operational use may unduly lead to a “psychologisation” of physical complaints.
Mads U Werner - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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prediction of postoperative Pain a systematic review of predictive experimental Pain Studies
Anesthesiology, 2010Co-Authors: Mads U Werner, Helena Nilsson Mjobo, Per Rotboll Nielsen, Asa RudinAbstract:Quantitative testing of a patient’s basal Pain perception before surgeryhasthepotentialtobeofclinicalvalueifitcanaccurately predict the magnitude of Pain and requirement of analgesics after surgery. This review includes 14 Studies that have investigated the correlation between preoperative responses to experimental Pain stimuli and clinical postoperative Pain and demonstratesthatthepreoperativePaintestsmaypredict4–54%ofthe variance in postoperative Pain experience depending on the stimulationmethodsandthetestparadigmused.Thepredictive strength is much higher than previously reported for single factor analyses of demographics and psychologic factors. In addition, some of these Studies indicate that an increase in preoperative Pain sensitivity is associated with a high probability of development of sustained postsurgical Pain.
Geert Crombez - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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the unbearable lightness of somatisation a systematic review of the concept of somatisation in empirical Studies of Pain
Pain, 2009Co-Authors: Geert Crombez, Koen Beirens, Stefaan Van Damme, Christopher Eccleston, Johnny FontaineAbstract:Abstract Somatisation is often invoked to explain Pain and suffering in patients. Lipowski [34] defined somatisation as “a tendency to experience and communicate somatic distress and symptoms unaccounted for by pathological findings, to attribute them to physical illness, and to seek medical help for them” (p. 1359). His concept is widely accepted. This study investigated to what extent this conceptualisation is used in the empirical Studies of Pain. Studies were identified through searches from Web of Science, Pubmed and Psychinfo databases for the period from 1989 until 2007. Screening an initial set of 1020 articles resulted in 120 articles fulfilling inclusion criteria. One hundred and sixteen articles were retrieved and coded in terms of the conceptualisation of Lipowski [34] . All Studies had a measure of somatic symptoms, most often questionnaires. Whether the symptoms were unaccounted for by pathological findings was rarely investigated. No study assessed whether the participants attributed the somatic complaints to physical illness. Most Studies included patients seeking help in a clinical setting, but only one study investigated whether patients were seeking help for the somatisation complaints. In conclusion, no study fulfilled the construct criteria as defined by Lipowski [34] . Most Studies focus upon the extent and diversity of somatic complaints. We recommend that researchers who use self-report instruments do not use the term “somatisation” (even if the instrument is labeled as a “somatisation” scale), but use the term “multiple physical symptoms” instead. The current operational use may unduly lead to a “psychologisation” of physical complaints.
Helena Nilsson Mjobo - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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prediction of postoperative Pain a systematic review of predictive experimental Pain Studies
Anesthesiology, 2010Co-Authors: Mads U Werner, Helena Nilsson Mjobo, Per Rotboll Nielsen, Asa RudinAbstract:Quantitative testing of a patient’s basal Pain perception before surgeryhasthepotentialtobeofclinicalvalueifitcanaccurately predict the magnitude of Pain and requirement of analgesics after surgery. This review includes 14 Studies that have investigated the correlation between preoperative responses to experimental Pain stimuli and clinical postoperative Pain and demonstratesthatthepreoperativePaintestsmaypredict4–54%ofthe variance in postoperative Pain experience depending on the stimulationmethodsandthetestparadigmused.Thepredictive strength is much higher than previously reported for single factor analyses of demographics and psychologic factors. In addition, some of these Studies indicate that an increase in preoperative Pain sensitivity is associated with a high probability of development of sustained postsurgical Pain.
