Determination of prevalence, characteristics, management and related factors for pain in the older adults: pain among nursing home residents
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Tarih
2022
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Univ Estadual Maringa, Pro-Reitoria Pesquisa Pos-Graduacao
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info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
Özet
This study aimed to determine pain assessment approaches and pain management strategies in elderly people in a nursing home.The cross-sectional-descriptive study sample consisted of 147 older adults living in a nursing home in Turkey in 2019. They all agreed to participate in the study (n = 147); however, as our research was about older adults with pain problems, the study was completed with a total of 108 older adults experiencing pain problems. The participants' average age was 73.60 +/- 6.97 years. Geriatric pain scale scores were higher for women aged 75 years and over, those who had a chronic disease and those who received analgesics, and there was a statistically significant difference between the mean scores (p < 0.05). Nurses must pay attention to pain assessment and management in nursing homes because of the adverse effects of pain on older adults' health status, vital functions, and well-being.
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older adults, pain, pain management, nursing homes, geriatric nursing, Turkey
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Acta Scientiarum-Health Sciences
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Q4
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44
