Abstract
This article describes the relationship between post-traumatic morbidity, anxious anticipation of pain and pain perception in 33 adult burn patients. Burn patients were assessed, on average, 7 days after admission to the hospital. Five time a day nurses asked the patients to provide pain ratings.The more patients suffered from post-traumatic stress, the more their anxiety state was elevated. The association between posttraumatic stress and pain perception was, controlling for the effects of anxious anticipation, spurious.
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