Objective In a review of the literature from 1980 to 1994 on psychological and psychiatric
problems in patients with cancer, the prevalence, severity, and the course of these problems (ie…

Objective: To study chronic pain not caused by somatic disease in adolescents and the effect
of pain on the quality of life of the adolescents and their families. Methods: One hundred …

The aim of this study was to test the reliability and validity of the COMFORT scale as a
postoperative pain instrument for children aged 0–3 years. Subjects were 158 neonates and …

Background Burden in dementia caregivers is a complex and multidimensional construct.
Several models of burden and other representations of burden like depression or mental …

Purpose: To explore long-term psychosocial consequences of carrying a BRCA1/2 mutation
and to identify possible risk factors for long-term psychological distress. Patients and …

ContextNewborns admitted to neonatal intensive care units (NICUs) undergo a variety of
painful procedures and stressful events. Because the effect of continuous morphine infusion in …

Does pain or tissue damage in early life lead to hyperalgesia persisting into childhood? We
performed a cross-sectional study in 164 infants to investigate whether major surgery within …

We examined whether very preterm (≤30 weeks gestation) children at early school age
have impairments in executive function (EF) independent of IQ and processing speed, and …

BACKGROUND: Good insight into illness in patients with schizophrenia is related not only
to medication compliance and high service engagement, but also to depression, low self-…

Importance Continuous morphine infusion as standard postoperative analgesic therapy in
young infants is associated with unwanted adverse effects such as respiratory depression. …