The dynamic experience of pain in burn patients: A phenomenological study

Highlights • In burn patients, pain is a dynamic and changing experience. • It acquires its maximum intensity during wound care, and patients anticipate it. • Anticipation causes fear, sleep disturbances and psychological worsening. • Among the strategies used to cope with pain, distraction is the m...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Burns 2016-08, Vol.42 (5), p.1097-1104
Hauptverfasser:	Pérez Boluda, M.T, Morales Asencio, J.M, Carrera Vela, A, García Mayor, S, León Campos, A, López Leiva, I, Rengel Díaz, C, Kaknani-Uttumchandani, S
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adaptation, Psychological Adult Anticipation, Psychological Anxiety - etiology Anxiety - prevention & control Burns Burns - complications Burns - physiopathology Coping Critical Care Fear - psychology Female Humans Male Pain Pain - etiology Pain - prevention & control Pain - psychology Qualitative Research Sleep Wake Disorders - etiology Young Adult
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Zusammenfassung:	Highlights • In burn patients, pain is a dynamic and changing experience. • It acquires its maximum intensity during wound care, and patients anticipate it. • Anticipation causes fear, sleep disturbances and psychological worsening. • Among the strategies used to cope with pain, distraction is the most important. • Some patients did not like losing control due to sedation, and its adverse effects.
ISSN:	0305-4179 1879-1409
DOI:	10.1016/j.burns.2016.03.008