Pain management nursing : official journal of the American Society of Pain Management Nurses
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Randomized Controlled Trial
Comparison of the Effects of Body Mechanics Education Methods on Pain, Disability, and Quality of Life: A Randomized Controlled Study.
Educating patients undergoing surgery for LDH is important to maintain the proper performance of body mechanics. ⋯ Preoperative education on body mechanics increases the physical functioning of patients with LDH and facilitates the integration of information into their daily activities.
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Randomized Controlled Trial
The Effect of Video Streaming With Virtual Reality on Anxiety and Pain During Bone Marrow Aspiration and Biopsy Procedure.
Pain and anxiety are among the most common symptoms in patients undergoing invasive procedures. Increased pain levels tend to worsen anxiety, and anxiety often leads to more frequent or severe pain. ⋯ We determined that video streaming with VRG reduces pain and anxiety felt by adult patients during the BMAB procedure. VRG can be recommended to use in controlling pain and anxiety in patients undergoing a BMAB procedure.
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Aim: To describe parent's participation in their infants' procedural pain alleviation using nonpharmacologic methods in neonatal and neonatal intensive care units. ⋯ The parents reported using mostly the nonpharmacologic methods that were easy to implement and did not require thorough instructions in preparation. In addition, it seemed that parents wanted to be more involved in their infant's pain alleviation, but they were advised not to take part in painful procedures and pain alleviation for various reasons. Therefore, more attention should be paid to the principles of family-centered care. As health care providers, we should welcome all families as team members to involve in their infants' pain alleviation in the neonatal and neonatal intensive care units.
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Preoperative fear of pain can increase the surgical stress response along with anxiety, increasing postoperative pain and the amount of analgesia consumption. ⋯ The fear of pain increased patients' postoperative pain levels, and thus the amount of analgesic consumption. Therefore, patients' fear of pain should be determined in the preoperative period, and pain management practices should be initiated in this period. As a matter of fact, effective pain management will positively affect patient outcomes by reducing the amount of analgesic consumption.
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Aims: Pain is a significant problem for those with a cancer diagnosis. Oncology providers often use opioid therapy to manage cancer-related pain. Accessing opioid therapy has grown increasingly difficult because of the opioid epidemic. The American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) released guidelines to optimize pain management for patients with oncologic diagnoses. The goal of this quality improvement project was to create an educational session and evaluate self-efficacy in providers who manage chronic cancer pain. ⋯ Based on the study's results, the guidelines released by ASCO should be reviewed and used to optimize pain management and self-efficacy in providers who work with oncologic patients. Furthermore, future research is recommended to evaluate the effect of evidence-based guidelines on patient outcomes and morbidity.