Background Resilience refers to an individual's positive adaptation to the experience of
adversity. The maintenance of mental health is commonly considered a sign of successful …

Background: Colonoscopy related fear impairs the current gold standard screening of
colorectal cancer. Compared to other minimally invasive procedures for cancer screening …

Background Patients' psychological health may influence recovery and functional outcomes
after total knee arthroplasty (TKA). Pain catastrophizing, known to be associated with poor …

Objective: This study was designed to investigate preoperative anxiety situations and
postoperative pain degree in Chinese patients undergoing laparoscopic hysterectomy and …

Resilience is a psychological trait that strongly predicts chronic pain–related health
outcomes. The neural correlates of both pain and trait resilience are critical to understand …

Symptoms of depression are common among patients before surgery. Depression may be
associated with worse postoperative pain and other pain‐related outcomes. This review …

Objective Neurogenic thoracic outlet syndrome (NTOS) is caused by dynamic compression
of the brachial plexus at the level of the supraclavicular scalene triangle or the subcoracoid …

Objective: An interdisciplinary pain team was established at our institution to explore options
for improving pain control in patients undergoing orthopedic surgery by identifying traits that …

Background Pre-operative anxiety is common and is associated with negative surgical
outcomes. Virtual reality (VR) is a promising new technology that offers opportunities to …

Resilience, a characteristic that enhances adaptation in response to stressful events, is a
positive psychological factor that can predict and modulate health outcomes. However …