title: Inhibition in expressing pain. A qualitative study among Dutch surgical breast cancer patients.
abstract: In this qualitative study, 26 white Dutch women were interviewed who had recently undergone breast cancer surgery. The interviews indicated that during their hospital stay many of them had hardly expressed their postoperative pain and had rarely asked for pain medication. Patients' conceptions of postoperative pain and analgesics, their insecurity and lack of assertiveness, and some suboptimal interactions with nurses seem to have been associated with their inhibition in reporting pain.
authors.affiliation: Helen Dowling Institute for Biopsychosocial Medicine, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: A L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Francke
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Theeuwen
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000700:Analgesics / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001242:Assertiveness; D001943:Breast Neoplasms / Q000601:surgery*; D003142:Communication; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007266:Inhibition, Psychological; D008408:Mastectomy / Q000009:adverse effects*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009426:Netherlands; D015404:Nursing Methodology Research; D010149:Postoperative Pain / Q000209:etiology / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy
chemical_list: D000700:Analgesics