Okuyan, Canan BirimogluEloranta, SiniElhouda, Halaweh Nour2024-09-182024-09-1820221679-92911807-8648https://doi.org/10.4025/actascihealthsci.v44i1.58304https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12483/11446This 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.eninfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessolder adultspainpain managementnursing homesgeriatric nursingTurkeyArticle4410.4025/actascihealthsci.v44i1.583042-s2.0-85129211258Q4WOS:000788008100001N/A