Title |
Psychological characteristics of Japanese patients with chronic pain assessed by the Rorschach test
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Published in |
BioPsychoSocial Medicine, November 2010
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DOI | 10.1186/1751-0759-4-20 |
Pubmed ID | |
Authors |
Kazumi Yamamoto, Kenji Kanbara, Hiromi Mutsuura, Ikumi Ban, Yasuyuki Mizuno, Tetsuya Abe, Maki Yoshino, Aran Tajika, Yoshihide Nakai, Mikihiko Fukunaga |
Abstract |
The increasing number of patients with chronic pain in Japan has become a major issue in terms of the patient's quality of life, medical costs, and related social problems. Pain is a multi-dimensional experience with physiological, affective, cognitive, behavioral and social components, and recommended to be managed via a combination of bio-psycho-social aspects. However, a biomedical approach is still the dominant method of pain treatment in Japan. The current study aimed to evaluate comprehensive psychological functions and processes in Japanese chronic pain patients. |
Mendeley readers
Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
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Japan | 2 | 4% |
Unknown | 53 | 96% |
Demographic breakdown
Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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Researcher | 14 | 25% |
Student > Ph. D. Student | 10 | 18% |
Student > Master | 10 | 18% |
Professor > Associate Professor | 4 | 7% |
Student > Postgraduate | 3 | 5% |
Other | 8 | 15% |
Unknown | 6 | 11% |
Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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Psychology | 30 | 55% |
Medicine and Dentistry | 6 | 11% |
Arts and Humanities | 2 | 4% |
Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 2 | 4% |
Nursing and Health Professions | 1 | 2% |
Other | 6 | 11% |
Unknown | 8 | 15% |