• Pain Manag Nurs · Feb 2022

    The Effect of Pain Experienced During the COVID-19 Infection on the Fear of Pain and Quality of Life.

    • Sevda Korkut and Türkan Ülker.
    • Department of Nursing, Faculty of Health Sciences, Erciyes University, Kayseri, Turkey. Electronic address: skorkut@erciyes.edu.tr.
    • Pain Manag Nurs. 2022 Feb 1; 23 (1): 31-37.

    AimsThis study was conducted to determine the effect of pain experienced during the COVID-19 infection on the fear of pain and quality of life of individuals.BackgroundPain is a complex, multidimensional, neurophysiological and psychosocial experience known only to the person experiencing pain. Although there are studies showing that individuals with COVID-19 experience pain, there are no studies that evaluate the relationship between fear of pain and quality of life of people after COVID-19 infection.DesignThe study was carried out as descriptive, comparative and correlational design.MethodsSnowball sampling method was used in the research and the data were collected online. A total of 404 individuals participated in the study. The data were collected using the Descriptive Characteristics Questionnaire, Numeric Rating Scale, Fear of Pain Questionnaire-III and The 36-Item Short Form Health Survey Questionnaire.ResultsIt was determined that 87.1% of the individuals experienced pain during COVID-19 and the mean intensity of this pain was 6.16 ± 2.75. In addition, 37.1% of the individuals experienced pain for a while after COVID-19 and the mean intensity of this pain was 3.81 ± 3.00. The individuals who experienced pain during COVID-19 had higher fear of pain and lower quality of life than those who did not experience pain. There was a significant correlation between the severity of pain experienced during COVID-19 with the fear of pain and the quality of life.ConclusionsAccording to the results of the study, it can be said that individuals who experienced intense pain during COVID-19 infection have higher fear of pain and lower quality of life. In addition, as the fear of pain increases, the quality of life of individuals decreases.Copyright © 2021 American Society for Pain Management Nursing. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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