Pain management nursing : official journal of the American Society of Pain Management Nurses
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Pain and anxiety have negative effects on the treatment of patients with cancer. Virtual reality technology is a form of distraction which is still unclear in its methodological quality in reducing pain and anxiety. ⋯ Although more high- methodological quality studies are needed to determine whether VR technology is effective in controlling symptoms in patients with cancer, the results of this review suggested that VR intervention may be beneficial for the management of pain and anxiety in patients with cancer. Therefore, clinicians may consider VR technology as an adjunctive intervention for pain and anxiety management.
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Many patients have memories of pain during intensive care unit stay. To improve pain management, practice guidelines recommend that pain management should be guided by routine pain assessment and suggest an assessment-driven, protocol-based, stepwise approach. This recommendation prompted the development of a pain-management algorithm. ⋯ Pain-management algorithms may be appropriate and useful in clinical practice. However, to increase clinical utility and to achieve more targeted pain treatment, more focus on pain-treatment actions and reassessment of patients' pain is needed. Further focus in clinical practice on how to implement an algorithm and more focus on pain-treatment action and reassessment of patients' pain is needed.
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Review Meta Analysis
Twelve Weeks of Yoga for Chronic Nonspecific Lower Back Pain: A Meta-Analysis.
To investigate the overall effects of 12 weeks of yoga practice on chronic nonspecific lower back pain. ⋯ These findings reveal that 12 weeks of yoga can help alleviate pain, and yoga programs should take into account the subgroup factors to increase individuals' relief from chronic nonspecific lower back pain.
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Low back pain is a common problem experienced during pregnancy, negatively affecting quality of life. ⋯ The prevalence of low back pain in pregnancy is quite high, and low back pain slightly limits women's activities of daily living.
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There is currently no gold standard instrument for assessing pain in severely cognitively impaired adults who are unable to provide self-report. ⋯ The results of this study indicate that the PACSLAC may be the more reliable tool over the PAINAD; however, rater training and familiarity with the tool is critical.