한국보건간호학회지 (Journal of Korean Public Health Nursing)
- 제22권2호
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- Pages.177-185
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- 2008
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- 1226-0290(pISSN)
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- 2234-2869(eISSN)
재가 암환자의 통증, 통증관리 장애정도 및 통증관리 만족도
Degree of Pain, and Barriers and Satisfaction with Pain Management among Home Care Cancer Patients
- Moon, Young-Me (Department of Nursing, Inha University) ;
- Ham, Ok-Kyung (Department of Nursing, Inha University) ;
- Kim, Jung-Hee (Department of Nursing, Inha University) ;
- Lim, Ji-Young (Department of Nursing, Inha University)
- 투고 : 2008.07.24
- 심사 : 2008.09.05
- 발행 : 2008.09.30
초록
Purpose: To investigate the degree of pain, and to identify barriers to and satisfaction with pain management, in an effort to provide baseline data for effective pain management interventions. Methods: The study design was descriptive and correlational. A total of 100 cancer patients who were cared for at home participated in this study. Questions regarding self-rated pain, as well as barriers to and satisfaction with pain management were included in the study instruments. The data were collected by nurses using a face-to-face interview method in May of 2008. Results: Thirty six percent of the participants were in their 70's and 18.0% suffered from cancer of the large intestine. The usual degree of pain was reported as 3.43 out of 10 points, and the study patients were generally moderately satisfied with their pain management (M=