Pain management nursing : official journal of the American Society of Pain Management Nurses
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Chronic pain influencing the quality of life and well-being of the patients are also affected by pain beliefs. Psychological well-being could make a person have positive pain beliefs and these could facilitate patients' coping skills. In the care of the patients with chronic pain, nursing interventions can improve patients' well-being. ⋯ Organic pain beliefs and pain intensity affect the psychological well-being of the patients with chronic pain. To increase the psychological well-being level of patients with chronic pain, patients' informations, attitudes and beliefs about pain and pain control should be changed positively. Also, nursing care focused on improving well-being should be provided by nurses. Further studies should be carried out on other factors affecting the well-being of patients as well as pain and pain beliefs on larger samples.
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Randomized Controlled Trial
Effect of the Buzzy Application on Pain and Injection Satisfaction in Adult Patients Receiving Intramuscular Injections.
The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of the Buzzy application on pain and satisfaction during injections. ⋯ In conclusion, the Buzzy device has the potential to reduce injection related pain in adult patients who may be fearful of receiving such injections.
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Multicenter Study
Nurses' Knowledge, Attitudes and Clinical Practice in Pediatric Postoperative Pain Management.
Despite readily available evidence to guide practice, children continue to experience moderate to severe pain in hospital postoperatively. Reasons for this may include attitudes of nurses toward pain management and their lack of knowledge in key areas. ⋯ Nurses have knowledge deficits about pediatric pain management and do not always use their knowledge in practice, particularly in relation to pain assessment. There is a need to improve nurses' knowledge of pediatric pain management and to test interventions that support the use of that knowledge in practice.
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Cortical reorganization and pain memory are theories to explain phantom limb pain and other postamputation phantom phenomena. This study was undertaken to identify evidence of cortical reorganization in lower limb amputees and to find evidence for the pain memory theory. ⋯ The cortical reorganization and pain memory theories for the development and maintenance of postamputation phantom phenomena have only limited support from our data. Taking this into account, it may be worth reopening the debate on the mechanism for postamputation phantom phenomena, including phantom limb pain. The cortical reorganization theory and memory theory for the mechanism of phantom limb pain are questioned by these results. Both may play a role, but neither can explain the presence of postamputation phantom phenomena on their own.
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In the United States, chronic pain is experienced by over 39.4 million adults, many of whom are treated with opioid pain medications. ⋯ Explication of and interpretive commentary on these patterns shift the focus from drug seeking to pain relief seeking behaviors in chronic pain sufferers. Such a shift could change the manner in which providers work with chronic pain sufferers to find appropriate treatment modalities.