Aims: To evaluate the contribution of the psychosocial and behavioral aspects of pain to the perception of oral health in a sample of Brazilian dental patients. Methods: This cross-sectional study involved 436 patients who ...

The aim of this study was to evaluate the physician's perception of pain experienced by patients with sickle-cell disease (SCD). Pain experiences reported by patients were compared with physicians' perception of the patient's ...

JUSTIFICATIVA E OBJETIVOS: A quantificação da dor enfrenta dificuldades especiais. Elas surgem devido à óbvia associação das sensações de dor com um conjunto de fatores emocionais, motivacionais e culturais. Apesar disso, ...

© 2018 Universities Federation for Animal Welfare. An understanding of the factors influencing the human-animal relationship is relevant in the development of welfare interventions for working equids. However, the link ...

Objectives: To estimate the agreement between orthodontic pain perception, evaluated with the visual analog scale (VAS), and psychosocial and behavioural aspects of pain and to estimate the impact of clinical and demographic ...

Background: Temporomandibular disorders (TMDs) are treated by different modalities including splints, physiotherapy, and acupuncture. Although all of these offer evidencebased benefits to the patients, avoiding overtreatment ...

Background: Protective mechanisms that modulate and lead to habituation to pain are immature in preterm newborn infants.Aims: To evaluate if a routine non-painful handling will be perceived as painful throughout the neonatal ...