Psychological stress and pain in wound care, part 2: a review of pain and stress assessment tools.
Several tools are available for the assessment and measurement of stress and pain. While it takes time and money to train practitioners in their use, this will soon be offset by benefits in terms of patient care, satisfaction and reduced costs.
Solowiej
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K
Psychological Sciences, Institute of Health and Society, University of Worcester, UK. k.solowiej@worc.ac.uk
Mason
V
V
Upton
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D
D015415:Biomarkers; D006801:Humans; D008991:Monitoring, Physiologic / Q000379:methods; D010147:Pain Measurement / Q000379:methods*; D011580:Psychological Techniques; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000209:etiology; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000523:psychology*
D015415:Biomarkers