ArticleJournal of health psychology2022
Communicating and understanding pain: Limitations of pain scales for patients with sickle cell disorder and other painful conditions.
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- Patient Experiences of Acute Pain Communication in Sickle Cell Disease and Perspectives on Improving Clinician Communication.Journal of clinical psychology in medical settings · 2026Article
- Painful subjects: the sociogenic processing of pain in individuals with Ehlers-Danlos syndromes.SSM. Mental health · 2026Article
- "CARING in Action": A Knowledge Mobilization Project on Co-Creating Evidence-Based Communication Training in Chronic Pain Care for Healthcare Professionals.Canadian journal of pain = Revue canadienne de la douleur · 2026Article
- Chronic pain lived experience of pediatric sickle cell disease: A qualitative study.Health psychology : official journal of the Division of Health Psychology, American Psychological Association · 2026Article
- Impact of sociodemographic, clinical, and intervention characteristics on pain intensity within a single music therapy session.The journal of pain · 2025Article
- Patient Perspectives on Enhancing Clinician Communication About Pain in Sickle Cell Disease.Research square · 2025Article
- Cognitive considerations for adults with sickle cell disease completing the brief pain inventory.Pain reports · 2025Article
- Patients' strategies for numeric pain assessment: a qualitative interview study of individuals with hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome.Disability and rehabilitation · 2024Article
- Individuals with Sickle Cell Disease Using SBAR as a Communication Tool: A Pilot Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Low-dose ketamine infusions reduce opioid use in pediatric and young adult oncology patients.Pediatric blood & cancer · 2022Article
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Abstract
Pain communication in healthcare is challenging. We examine use of pain scales to communicate pain severity via a case study of people with sickle cell disorder (SCD). We show how pain communication involves complex social interactions between patients, healthcare professionals and significant others - none of which are included in pain ratings. Failure to account for relational aspects of pain may cause problems for any patient. For SCD, mutual distrust shapes pain communication, further complicating clinical assessments. Moreover, SCD pain is particularly severe, making ratings hard to interpret compared with ratings from non-SCD patients, potentially exacerbating problems in managing pain relief.
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