Spirometry-Related Pain and Distress in Adolescents and Young Adults with Cystic Fibrosis: The Role of Acceptance

Annabelle Casier; Liesbet Goubert; Tine Vervoort; Marleen Theunis; Danielle Huse; Frans De Baets; Dirk Matthys; Geert Crombez

doi:10.1155/2013/276923

Pain Research and Management (Jan 2013)

Spirometry-Related Pain and Distress in Adolescents and Young Adults with Cystic Fibrosis: The Role of Acceptance

Annabelle Casier,
Liesbet Goubert,
Tine Vervoort,
Marleen Theunis,
Danielle Huse,
Frans De Baets,
Dirk Matthys,
Geert Crombez

Affiliations

Annabelle Casier: Department of Experimental-Clinical and Health Psychology, Ghent University, Belgium
Liesbet Goubert: Department of Experimental-Clinical and Health Psychology, Ghent University, Belgium
Tine Vervoort: Department of Experimental-Clinical and Health Psychology, Ghent University, Belgium
Marleen Theunis: Cystic Fibrosis Centre, University Hospital Ghent, Ghent, Belgium
Danielle Huse: Belgian Cystic Fibrosis Association, Brussels, Belgium
Frans De Baets: University Hospital Ghent, Department of Pediatrics and Medical Genetics, Ghent, Belgium
Dirk Matthys: University Hospital Ghent, Department of Pediatrics and Medical Genetics, Ghent, Belgium
Geert Crombez: Department of Experimental-Clinical and Health Psychology, Ghent University, Belgium

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1155/2013/276923
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 18, no. 6
pp. 286 – 292

Abstract

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OBJECTIVE: To investigate the occurrence of spirometry-related pain and distress in adolescents and young adults with cystic fibrosis (CF), and to investigate the role of acceptance of illness in spirometry-related pain and distress.

Published in Pain Research and Management

ISSN: 1203-6765 (Print); 1918-1523 (Online)
Publisher: Hindawi Limited
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Medicine: Medicine (General)
Website: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/journal/7040

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