Could patients experience less pain and possibly have better recovery outcomes if their fears or emotional issues were addressed before surgery?
Rebecca Koszalinski, assistant professor in the College of Nursing; Anahita Khojandi, assistant professor in the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering in the Tickle College of Engineering; and Bruce Ramshaw, a physician and adjunct professor in the Haslam College of Business, recently developed a predictive model to examine that question.