Meanings of patient distress in English

Background: Varicose veins are common and frequently cause patient distress.

Psychologists have a role in providing interventions to reduce patient distress during critical illness and improve outcomes.

The Major wanted to talk, but the patient distress in the voice deterred him from what seemed intrusion.

Findings could also assist administrators to consider the contribution of modifiable factors such as waiting times to patient distress.

Although a potential source of support, healthcare providers were commonly perceived as ignoring and, in so doing, discrediting patient distress.

Despite acknowledging the importance of addressing psychological needs, most GPs underestimated the degree of patient distress in the post-injury period.

To get a better idea of how often alarms signal real patient distress, Fleischman and his colleagues set up an experiment.