A Survey on the Customized Visiting Nurse's Assessment and Management of Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain in Older Adults.
10.12799/jkachn.2010.21.3.311
- Author:
Soon Ok YANG
1
;
Seung Hee LEE
Author Information
1. Division of Nursing, Hallym University, Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Nurses;
Aged;
Pain measurement;
Nursing care
- MeSH:
Adult*;
Education;
Evidence-Based Nursing;
Gangwon-do;
Gyeonggi-do;
Humans;
Musculoskeletal Pain*;
Nurses, Community Health;
Nursing Care;
Pain Management;
Pain Measurement;
Public Health;
Seoul;
Statistics as Topic;
Surveys and Questionnaires
- From:Journal of Korean Academy of Community Health Nursing
2010;21(3):311-320
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
PURPOSE: 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.
