Long-term effectiveness of a patient and family pain education program on overcoming barriers to management of cancer pain
學年 94
學期 2
出版(發表)日期 2006-06-01
作品名稱 Long-term effectiveness of a patient and family pain education program on overcoming barriers to management of cancer pain
作品名稱(其他語言)
著者 Lin, C. C.; Chou, P. L.; Wu, S. L.; 張玉坤; Chang, Y. C.; Lai, Y. L.
單位 淡江大學數學學系
出版者 Elsevier
著錄名稱、卷期、頁數 Pain 122(3), pp.271-281
摘要 The purpose of this research was to investigate the effectiveness of a patient and family pain education program on reducing cancer patients’ and their families’ barriers to (i.e., concerns or misconceptions about) cancer pain management, on increasing patients’ adherence to a prescribed analgesic regimen, and on decreasing pain intensity and pain interference with daily life. An experimental and longitudinal design was used. The experimental group consisted of 31 pairs of cancer outpatients and their family carers, while the control group consisted of 30 patient–family pairs (N = 122). Patients and their family carers in the experimental group simultaneously received a pain management education program. Both groups had pretest data collection and after-test follow-ups on the second and fourth weeks at the outpatient clinics. Comparisons between those two groups were made using the Generalized Estimating Equations (GEE) method. Results revealed that at both the second and fourth weeks, patients and family carers in the experimental group showed a significantly greater reduction in barrier scores than did patients and family carers in the control group. At the second and fourth weeks, patients in the experimental group reported significantly better adherence to a scheduled analgesic regimen than did patients in the control group. In the fourth week, patients in the experimental group reported significantly lower levels of worst pain intensity and pain interference than did patients in the control group. This research provides evidence of the effectiveness of a patient and family pain education program.
關鍵字 Cancer pain;Pain management;Pain education program;Barriers to pain management;Family
語言 en_US
ISSN 0304-3959
期刊性質 國外
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產學合作
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審稿制度
國別 USA
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出版型式 ,紙本
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