Positive oral communication enhances pain management strategies

A positive communication about an intervention can lead to lower anxiety and better pain management through the increase of patient trust. However, important issue is understand how interacts with modalities management. The present study aimed determine whether a oral restricted effect has impact on analgesic touch verbal expression during experimental induced pain. We compared rating (visual analog score, VAS) in 51 participants undergoing two cold pressor test (immersing hand 1°C water max. 5 min.) at T1-referential T2-experimental. During T2, 2×2 groups received modality (verbal-group or touch-group) without previous standardized (preconditioned, non-preconditionned), influence specific (respective groups) last control group no nor T2. found time VAS (F(1,46) = 72.197, p<0.001), as well interaction between (F(4,46) 3.023, p 0,027). Post-hoc analysis showed highly significant decreased T2 T1 preconditioned (p ? 0.001). dVAS indicated that verbal-group reported non-preconditioned ones ≤ 0.038), while preconditioning touch-group show only trend 0.089). These results suggested simple enhances strategies. seemed modulate this effect. In particular, intrusion experimenter intimate space contact would mitigated some patients. It therefore cautiously consider needs each towards what treatment implies.