Scandinavian journal of caring sciences
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This is the first of two studies investigating district nurses' opinions regarding the knowledge, management and nursing documentation of patients with chronic pain conditions, before and after the introduction of 'pain advisers' in one health care region in Stockholm. Seventy (97%) district nurses at 12 selected primary health care centres (PHCCs) answered a questionnaire. The study showed that 85% of the district nurses met patients with chronic pain conditions at least once a week. ⋯ The district nurses reported insufficient pain documentation. A number of district nurses were dissatisfied with the present management of patients with chronic pain at their PHCCs, their own knowledge of pain control, their own preparedness to meet these patients, their own follow-ups and their own documentation. The study also showed that the district nurses' attitudes to pain and pain control varied, depending on how satisfied they were with their own management of patients with chronic pain conditions.
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The aim of this study was to adapt, validate, and test for reliability the Quality of Life Scale in Norwegian (QOLS-N) for patients suffering from psoriasis. Two hundred and eighty-two patients with psoriasis were included in the study. Self-reported health was measured using the SF-36. ⋯ The correlation with disease severity was not significant (-0.06). The results reported in the present paper are in accordance with those derived in other validation studies. The QOLS-N seems to be a reliable and valid measure of global quality of life in patients suffering from psoriasis.