Annals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine
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To develop and validate a detection model to improve the probability of recognizing panic disorder in patients consulting the emergency department for chest pain. ⋯ The scales in this model take approximately ten minutes to complete and score. It may improve upon current physician recognition of panic disorder in patients consulting for chest pain.
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Studies have found that coping strategies are significant predictors of pain report, health care use, and psychosocial adjustment in children with sickle cell disease (SCD); however, the mechanisms of the relationship are not clear. In this study, 41 children with SCD completed a laboratory pain task to analyze their pain perception under standardized conditions. ⋯ Hierarchical regression analyses controlling for the child's age indicated that children who reported using active cognitive and behavioral coping strategies had a lower tendency to report pain during the laboratory pain task. Results are discussed in terms of the utility of using laboratory pain models with children and the need for future intervention studies to target coping strategies in children with SCD pain.