How Well Do Patients Recall Past Experiences of Pain?

Citation

Terry R, Niven C & Brodie E (2007) How Well Do Patients Recall Past Experiences of Pain?. Nursing Times, 104 (42), pp. 34-35.

Abstract
Memory of past experiences of pain may affect patients' judgement of their current condition & decisions about future healthcare interventions. This study investigated memory for acute pain using the 'remember/know' research paradigm. This allowed participants to indicate whether their recollections reflected clearly remembered aspects of pain, their earlier reports of the pain, or that they simply knew they had experienced pain. Retrospective reports were consistent with those made while the pain was experienced.

Keywords
Affect; DECISION; experience; experiences; Future; healthcare; Intervention; Interventions; judgement; memories; Memory; Pain; Paradigm; PARTICIPANTS; patient; Patients; PSYCHOLOGY; Recall; recollection; Research; Stirling

Journal
Nursing Times: Volume 104, Issue 42