Determination of prevalence, characteristics, management and related factors for pain in the older adults: pain among nursing home residents
Acta sci., Health sci
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44: e58304, Jan. 14, 2022.
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in English
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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 adultswith pain problems, the study was completed with a total of 108 older adultsexperiencing 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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Main subject:
Pain
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Pain Measurement
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Aged
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Prevalence
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Pain Management
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Homes for the Aged
Type of study:
Evaluation studies
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Prevalence study
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Risk factors
Limits:
Aged
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Aged80
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Language:
English
Journal:
Acta sci., Health sci
Journal subject:
Medicina
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Sa£de P£blica
Year:
2022
Type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Brazil
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Turkey
Institution/Affiliation country:
Hatay Mustafa Kemal University/TR
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University of Applied Sciences/FI
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University of Applied Sciences/TR
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