Pain management nursing : official journal of the American Society of Pain Management Nurses
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It is unknown if central sensitization (CS)-related symptoms have an intermediate role that might explain how disability develops from pain after cervical spinal surgery. ⋯ The results revealed that neck and upper limb pain affected disabilities both directly and through CS-related symptoms. Future research should focus on the efficacy of biopsychosocial approaches for patients after cervical spine surgery with a high risk of disability due to CS-related symptoms.
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Nursing students are graduating ill-prepared to assess and manage pain in older adults. To address this gap, we developed an e-learning module on the topic. ⋯ The e-learning module on pain management was viewed by nursing students to be helpful and its interactive method of learning improved their knowledge, confidence, and perceptions of working with older adults in pain.
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Acceptance of pain is one of the most significant topics in the field of chronic pain due to its influence on the adaptation and response of people. Also, chronic pain and pain caused by the progress of cancer have a high prevalence in all stages and types of cancer. ⋯ Thus, anxiety sensitivity, emotional suppression, and learned helplessness play an essential role in the level of pain acceptance in patients with cancer, and targeting these three components through psychological treatments can be effective in the level of pain acceptance in these patients.