Determination of prevalence, characteristics, management and related factors for pain in the older adults: pain among nursing home residents
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Published:2022-04-11
Issue:
Volume:44
Page:e58304
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ISSN:1807-8648
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Container-title:Acta Scientiarum. Health Sciences
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language:
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Short-container-title:Acta Sci. Health Sci.
Author:
Okuyan Canan BirimogluORCID,
Eloranta Sini,
Elhouda Halaweh Nour
Abstract
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.
Publisher
Universidade Estadual de Maringa
Subject
General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology,General Medicine