کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
2609874 1134572 2008 8 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
The pain experience and beliefs of Chinese patients who have sustained a traumatic limb fracture
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موضوعات مرتبط
علوم پزشکی و سلامت پزشکی و دندانپزشکی مراقبت های ویژه و مراقبتهای ویژه پزشکی
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The pain experience and beliefs of Chinese patients who have sustained a traumatic limb fracture
چکیده انگلیسی

PurposeTo describe the pain experience and the pain belief of a group of Chinese patients with traumatic fracture of limb and surgery.DesignA qualitative descriptive design with in-depth interview was employed. A purposive sample of 26 Chinese patients was recruited who were diagnosed with a fractured limb and had undergone surgery in a trauma unit in a regional hospital in Hong Kong, China.FindingsContent analysis resulted in seven themes describing informants’ pain experience and belief, which included intense pain, lack of control over pain, pain as a negative signal, worry about ‘shan’, limited knowledge of pain management, eagerness to be a good patient, and the need to learn to cope with pain. Informants experienced intense pain over which they had no control. They believed that pain is inevitable when one has a fracture, therefore one should bear the pain. They avoided analgesia as they considered it had serious side effects. These beliefs shaped their pain coping behaviour.ConclusionThe understanding of Chinese patients’ pain experience will help nurses to plan culturally sensitive education programmes that may enhance patients’ knowledge of pain medication and clarify their pain beliefs which might lead to more effective pain management. Alternative interventions on pain management could thus be provided.

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Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: International Emergency Nursing - Volume 16, Issue 2, April 2008, Pages 80–87
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