Procedimientos psicológicos para el afrontamiento del dolor en niños con cáncer

Pain is one of the most common symptoms and more disabling in childhood cancer. Some medical treatments and diagnostic procedures are very intrusive and children with cancer consider them even more painful than the disease. The aim of this paper is to carry out a review on the pain in pediatric pati...

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Main Authors: Mireia Orgilés, José Pedro Espada, Francisco Xavier Méndez
Format: Article
Language:Spanish
Published: Universidad Complutense de Madrid 2009-01-01
Series:Psicooncologia
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Online Access:http://revistas.ucm.es/index.php/PSIC/article/view/16002
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José Pedro Espada
Francisco Xavier Méndez
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description Pain is one of the most common symptoms and more disabling in childhood cancer. Some medical treatments and diagnostic procedures are very intrusive and children with cancer consider them even more painful than the disease. The aim of this paper is to carry out a review on the pain in pediatric patients with cancer, stating the most common assessment procedures and techniques of psychological intervention. The characteristics and implementation procedure of breathing control, relaxation training, distraction, visualization, contingency management and hypnosis are reviewed. Therefore, several studies about the efficacy of each psychological technique for reducing pain in children with cancer are considered.
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spellingShingle Mireia Orgilés
José Pedro Espada
Francisco Xavier Méndez
Procedimientos psicológicos para el afrontamiento del dolor en niños con cáncer
Psicooncologia
Cáncer infantil
Dolor
Intervención psicológica
title Procedimientos psicológicos para el afrontamiento del dolor en niños con cáncer
title_full Procedimientos psicológicos para el afrontamiento del dolor en niños con cáncer
title_fullStr Procedimientos psicológicos para el afrontamiento del dolor en niños con cáncer
title_full_unstemmed Procedimientos psicológicos para el afrontamiento del dolor en niños con cáncer
title_short Procedimientos psicológicos para el afrontamiento del dolor en niños con cáncer
title_sort procedimientos psicologicos para el afrontamiento del dolor en ninos con cancer
topic Cáncer infantil
Dolor
Intervención psicológica
url http://revistas.ucm.es/index.php/PSIC/article/view/16002
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