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A treatment program of stress inoculation for the pain experienced by 16 severely burned adults was carried out by the nursing staff of a burn and trauma unit. Results showed that treated subjects improved on measures of unauthorized pain requests, physical and emotional self-ratings, “tanking” ratings, compliance with hospital routine, and state and trait anxiety, whereas no-treated subjects showed little improvement.
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The authors would like to express appreciation to the staff of the Burn and Trauma Unit of The Medical University of South Carolina for their effort in conducting this study.
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Wernick, R.L., Jaremko, M.E. & Taylor, P.W. Pain management in severely burned adults: A test of stress inoculation. J Behav Med 4, 103–109 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00844850
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