Categorization of postoperative pain descriptors in the sensitive, affective and evaluative dimensions of painful experiences Categorización de los descriptores del dolor postoperatorio en las dimensiones sensorial, afectiva y evaluadora de esa experiencia Categorização de descritores da dor pós-operatória nas dimensões sensitiva, afetiva e avaliativa da experiência dolorosa

The main purpose of this study was categorizing 20 descriptors of post-operative pain sensory, affective and evaluative dimensions. Sixty-one physicians participated. They were between 24 and 63 years old and categorized 20 descriptors by considering their level of attribution in the description of...

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Main Authors: Lilian Varanda Pereira, Fátima Aparecida Emm Faleiros Sousa
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2007-08-01
Series:Revista Latino-Americana de Enfermagem
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0104-11692007000400007