Procedural Anxiety, Pain Catastrophizing, and Procedure-Related Pain during EGD and Colonoscopy.

CONCLUSIONS: This study shows that catastrophizing thoughts account for between-subject differences in endoscopy pain. Rumination and helplessness but not magnification explain how procedural anxiety may evolve in a painful endoscopy experience. To the extent that one can address catastrophizing thoughts, endoscopy pain can be mitigated, especially for patients who are difficult to sedate. PMID: 31897492 [PubMed - in process]

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31897492?dopt=Abstract

Source: Southern Medical Journal - January 5, 2020 Category: General Medicine Tags: South Med J Source Type: research