Procedimientos psicológicos para el afrontamiento del dolor en niños con cáncer

  • Mireia Orgilés
  • José Pedro Espada
  • Francisco Xavier Méndez
Keywords: Cancer in children, Pain, Psychological techniques

Abstract

Pain is one of the most common symptoms and more disabling in childhood cancer. Some medical treatments and diagnostic procedures are very intrusive and children with cancer consider them even more painful than the disease. The aim of this paper is to carry out a review on the pain in pediatric patients with cancer, stating the most common assessment procedures and techniques of psychological intervention. The characteristics and implementation procedure of breathing control, relaxation training, distraction, visualization, contingency management and hypnosis are reviewed. Therefore, several studies about the efficacy of each psychological technique for reducing pain in children with cancer are considered.

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Published
2009-01-01
How to Cite
Orgilés M. ., Espada J. P. . y Méndez F. X. . (2009). Procedimientos psicológicos para el afrontamiento del dolor en niños con cáncer. Psicooncología, 6(2), 343-356. https://revistas.ucm.es/index.php/PSIC/article/view/PSIC0909220343A
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