Journal of Pain and Symptom Management
Volume 38, Issue 5 , Pages 717-726 , November 2009

Differences in the Use of Pain Coping Strategies Between Oncology Inpatients with Mild vs. Moderate to Severe Pain

  • Inger Utne, RN

      Affiliations

    • Faculty of Nursing, Oslo University College, Oslo, Norway
    • Department of Physiological Nursing, University of California, San Francisco, California, USA
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to: Inger Utne, RN, Faculty of Nursing, Oslo University College, Postbox 4, St. Olavs Plass, 0131 Oslo, Norway.
    • ,
  • Christine Miaskowski, RN, PhD, FAAN

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physiological Nursing, University of California, San Francisco, California, USA
    • Centre for Shared Decision Making and Nursing Research, Rikshospitalet University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
    • ,
  • Kristin Bjordal, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Division of Cancer Medicine and Radiotherapy, Department of Oncology, Rikshospitalet University Hospital—The Norwegian Radium Hospital, Oslo, Norway
    • ,
  • Steven M. Paul, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Physiological Nursing, University of California, San Francisco, California, USA
    • ,
  • Gunnhild Jakobsen, RN, MS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Cancer Research and Molecular Medicine, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
    • ,
  • Tone Rustøen, RN, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Faculty of Nursing, Oslo University College, Oslo, Norway
    • Centre for Shared Decision Making and Nursing Research, Rikshospitalet University Hospital, Oslo, Norway

,Accepted 1 April 2009.

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 This research was supported by Oslo University College, Oslo, Norway, and by the Fulbright Foundation in Norway.

PII: S0885-3924(09)00700-3

doi: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2009.03.005

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management
Volume 38, Issue 5 , Pages 717-726 , November 2009

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