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- A Survey on the Customized Visiting Nurse's Assessment and Management of Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain in Older Adults
- Soon Ok Yang, Seung Hee Lee
- J Korean Acad Community Health Nurs. 2010;21(3):311-320. Published online September 30, 2010
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.12799/jkachn.2010.21.3.311
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Abstract
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The aim of this study was to investigate the status of visiting nurse's assessment and management of chronic musculoskeletal pain in older adults.
METHODS
The subjects of this study were 285 visiting nurses working at 24 public health centers located in Seoul, Gyeonggi-do, and Gangwon-do. Data were collected using a structured questionnaire from June to July, 2008. The SPSS/WIN 13.0 program was used for data analysis.
RESULTS
Of the visiting nurses, 195 (77.4%) reported lack of pain education for nurses. The education of exercise (83.3%) was used most frequently by nurses as a pain intervention. Barriers to effective pain management were inadequate pain management guidelines and lack of pain education for nurses.
CONCLUSION
It is necessary to develop evidence-based nursing interventions for pain management and to develop systematic educational programs for visiting nurses management of chronic musculoskeletal pain. -
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