Patients - Psychology
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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Low-dose oral midazolam reduces fear and distress during needle procedures in children with cancer.

13 Dec 2009 BACKGROUND: Children with cancer often mention needle procedures as the most frightening, distressing, and sometimes painful aspect of the disease and treatment. The aim was to investigate whether children experience less fear, distress, and/or pain ... Read more...

Impact of written and photographic instruction sheets on patient behavior after cataract surgery.

29 Sep 2009 PURPOSE: To evaluate the extent to which patients unnecessarily restrict activities of daily living after routine cataract surgery and to test interventions to increase activity. SETTING: Day treatment center, London, United Kingdom. METHODS: In ... Read more...

Living with Ankylosing Spondylitis: the patient's perspective.

30 Aug 2009 Ankylosing Spondylitis (AS) is a potentially debilitating chronic condition that necessitates a biopsychosocial approach for successful long-term management. However, the psychosocial consequences of AS are not well understood. In this study ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Patients - Psychology'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Low-dose oral midazolam reduces fear and distress during needle procedures in children with cancer. 13 Dec 2009
• Lovenox hurts. 18 Oct 2009
• Impact of written and photographic instruction sheets on patient behavior after cataract surgery. 29 Sep 2009
• Fear of statins? 13 Sep 2009
• Living with Ankylosing Spondylitis: the patient's perspective. 30 Aug 2009
• "Maybe I made up the whole thing": placebos and patients' experiences in a randomized controlled trial. 30 Aug 2009
• Qualitative exploration of a client-centered, goal-directed approach to community-based occupational therapy for adults with traumatic brain injury. 30 Aug 2009
• Discussing treatment preferences with patients who want "everything". 30 Aug 2009
• Medicine: Last chance clinic. 25 Aug 2009
• Illness perceptions in patients with osteoarthritis: change over time and association with disability. 13 Aug 2009
• A piece of my mind. A paucity of physicians. 10 Aug 2009
• Attitudes of patients and care providers toward a surgical site marking policy. 7 Aug 2009
• Patients' attitudes toward electronic health information exchange: qualitative study. 4 Aug 2009
• Risk-taking attitudes and their association with process and outcomes of cardiac care: a cohort study. 4 Aug 2009
• Management of psychosocial distress by oncologists. 30 Jul 2009
• Patient insight into the impact of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in the morning: an internet survey. 30 Jul 2009
• Helping nephrologists, staff understand DNR orders. 30 Jul 2009
• Patient empowerment requires patient responsibility. A nephrologist's perspective. 30 Jul 2009
• Maintainance of patients' dignity during hospitalization: comparison of staff-patient observations and patient feedback through interviews. 30 Jul 2009
• Severe severe psychological repulsion reaction in patient with PAD resulted in natural lower extremity mummification. 30 Jul 2009

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Technical information about 'Patients'

Definition: Individuals participating in the health care system for the purpose of receiving therapeutic, diagnostic, or preventive procedures.

Descriptor UI: D010361

Alternative terms: Patients; Patient; Clients; Client;

Related Mesh Headings: Inpatients; Outpatients;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; history; legislation & jurisprudence; psychology; statistics & numerical data;

Tree Number: M01.643;

Online Note: search PATIENTS/ED under PATIENT EDUCATION 1966-79

History Note: /education was used for indexing 1966-79; was in Cat G & M 1963-67

Technical Notes: GEN only, irrespective of disease; patients as people or as a social, sociol, psychol, etc., group; do not confuse the patient with the disease: the "tuberculotic patient" = TUBERCULOSIS & not also PATIENTS; Manual 34.13