Coping with the pain of elderly pain patients: Nursing approach

Abstract

Means of coping with pain vary in geriatric patients and it is recommended that these differences be taken into account in nursing interventions.

The Relationships Between the Pain Beliefs and Coping Strategies of Palliative Care Patients

“…Studies of pain beliefs have reported that organic and psychological beliefs scores vary with different samples (old people, patients in algology clinics, students, etc.). 8,10,17,18 In our study, scores for self-management, helplessness, conscious cognitive attempts, and medical remedies were 19.07 6 5.18, 10.72 6 3.00, 13.85 6 4.05, and 11.54 6 3.08, respectively. Few studies of coping with pain were found in the literature.…”

“…Two studies conducted with different sample groups have similar results. 8,18 A negative relationship was found between helplessness scores and conscious cognitive attempts scores. Another study has similar results.…”

“…These studies report different levels of mean subscale scores. 8,18 When the relationship of the PCQ subscales with each other is examined, the similarity in the results is quite remarkable. 8,18 The differences in the results were caused by the effect of variables such as age, gender, diagnosis, education level, site of pain, and severity of pain-on-pain beliefs and coping with pain.…”

“…Koc ¸og ˘lu and O € zdemir 23 found that age, education level, and marital status had no relationship with organic beliefs scores. Babadag ˘et al 18 found that females had higher psychological beliefs scores. Higher psychological beliefs scores suggest that female patients use cognitive-behavioral methods more.…”

“…There are similar results in the literature. 8,18 Patients who feel helplessness in pain management may have difficulty in coping with pain by themselves and may fail in pain management, particularly in cognitive and behavioral strategies. 8,18 The results of the study are similar to those in the literature.…”