scholarly journals PAIN MANAGEMENT IN GERIATRIC PATIENTS AND THE ROLE OF THE NURSE

2017 ◽  
Vol 5 ◽  
pp. 994-997
Author(s):  
Diana Paskaleva ◽  
Maria Semerdjieva ◽  
Stoilka Tufkova
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Pain Management ◽  
Geriatric Patients ◽  
Pain Syndrome ◽  
Accurate Assessment ◽  
And Control

Introduction: The role of the nurse for pain management in geriatric patients is not only for the administration of painkillers prescribed by a doctor. It also includes timely information about it, accurate assessment of its extent, which facilitates the physician's diagnostic actions, rapid intervention and control of the syndrome, in order to achieve the ultimate goal of improving the quality of life of geriatric patients.Purpose: We set a goal to investigate the opinion of geriatric patients, and if the pain syndrome is positively affected by the nurses in inpatient care.Materials and methods: The study includes an anonymous survey of 392 patients aged over 65 years who received treatment in the inpatient department.Results: It was determined that sex factorial signs P<0,01 (χ2 = 10,63) and age P <0,001 (χ2 = 18,29) are expressed according to the management of pain during hospitalization.

Osteoarthritis in canines part 1: geriatric pain management

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (10) ◽  
pp. 456-462
Author(s):  
Mary Ellen Goldberg
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Pain Management ◽  
Geriatric Patients ◽  
Management Guidelines ◽  
Entire Life ◽  
Client Education ◽  
Full Life ◽  
Severity Of The Disease ◽  
Geriatric Pain

Osteoarthritis is a developmental disease that progresses as the canine ages. While incurable, there are ways to help mitigate the severity of the disease. Geriatric patients often have pain, lowered mobility, and decreased quality of life. Utilisation of clinical metrology instruments (CMIs), published pain management guidelines, multimodal medications, published quality of life scales, and the use of physical rehabilitation modalities/techniques enable the dog to live a full life. The dog's advancing age does not have to cause abrupt cessation of activities that all family members enjoy. Environmental modification and client education allow dogs to enjoy their entire life with their families.

The role of autosuggestion in geriatric patients’ quality of life: a study on psycho-neuro-endocrine-immunology pathway

2016 ◽  
Vol 12 (5) ◽  
pp. 551-559 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nina Kemala Sari ◽  
Siti Setiati ◽  
Akmal Taher ◽  
Martina Wiwie ◽  
Samsuridjal Djauzi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Geriatric Patients

scholarly journals The role of electrotherapy in reducing the pain of patients with knee osteoarthritis during the COVID-19 pandemic

2020 ◽  
pp. 512-515
Author(s):  
Elisabeta ANTONESCU ◽  
Sînziana Călina SILIŞTEANU ◽  
Maria TOTAN
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Knee Osteoarthritis ◽  
Age Groups ◽  
Pain Syndrome ◽  
Painful Symptom ◽  
Gender And Age ◽  
Physical Dysfunction ◽  
Recovery Treatment

Introduction. Osteoarthritis is considered to be the most common form of arthritis and a leading disability cause worldwide, especially due to the painful symptom. The latter is a clinical marker in evaluating the limits of joint mobility and therefore, the pain reduction is a goal of the recovery treatment for patients with knee osteoarthritis. The purpose of this study was to show whether the pain phenomenon characteristic of knee osteoarthritis can be reduced by electrotherapy, even in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. Material and method. The study lasted 5 months and included 171 patients diagnosed clinically and radiologically with knee osteoarthritis. The followed parameters were pain, physical dysfunction in daily activities, anxiety and quality of life. Results and discussions. The two groups of studied patients were homogeneous in terms of weight by gender and age groups. The evaluation of patients according to scales enabled the registration of statistically significant values, the value of p <0.05, which explains the validation of the working hypothesis. The feeling of pain is closely related to the level of anxiety. Conclusions. Analgesic electrotherapy significantly reduced the pain syndrome of the patients for whom it was used. It has been shown that the patients' anxiety can influence the pain phenomenon. Given the conditions caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, the anxiety of the patients who were in the outpatient department to receive recovery treatment was increased, but after the recovery treatment there was a decrease, so these patients' quality of life increased. Keywords: pain, analgesic electrotherapy, knee osteoarthritis, recovery treatment,

Gender differences in hypertension-free life expectancy in Bangladesh

2017 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 110 ◽  
Author(s):  
Md. Ismail Tareque ◽  
Yasuhiko Saito
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Blood Pressure ◽  
Gender Differences ◽  
Life Expectancy ◽  
Health Expectancy ◽  
Nationally Representative ◽  
And Control ◽  
Sullivan Method

In Bangladesh, although some research on health expectancy exists, life expectancies with and without hypertension (HTN) have never been computed. We examined gender differences in the prevalence of hypertension and Hypertension-Free Life Expectancy (HFLE) in Bangladesh. We used data from a nationally representative survey of 7,864 people aged 35 and older. We classified an individual as having HTN if s/he had blood pressure levels ≥140 mmHg systolic blood pressure or ≥90 mmHg diastolic blood pressure, or s/he was at the time on antihypertensive medication. The Sullivan method was employed to compute HFLE. We found that women have HTN in significantly higher percentages (32% of women vs. 19% of men), and the prevalence of HTN increases as age increases for both men and women. Among individuals with HTN, individuals unaware of HTN make up the largest group, followed by those with uncontrolled HTN, controlled HTN, and those who are aware of HTN but not in treatment. Compared with men, women could expect shorter HFLE at all ages, in terms of both number and proportion of years. To increase HFLE as well as quality of life and to prevent and control HTN in general and unawareness of HTN and uncontrolled HTN in particular, special care and attention should be given to women and older adults. The findings shed important light on the role of HTN in lowering the quality of life in Bangladesh. 

scholarly journals Pain with Life-Threatening Illness: Its Perception and Control Are Inextricably Linked with Quality of Life

2000 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 271-275 ◽  
Author(s):  
S Robin Cohen ◽  
Balfour M Mount
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Pain Control ◽  
Essential Role ◽  
Pain Perception ◽  
Life Threatening Illness ◽  
Emotional Aspects ◽  
Life Threatening ◽  
And Control

This article describes how the quality of life of people with a life-threatening illness is affected by pain, and how their pain is influenced by all aspects of their quality of life. These aspects include the physical, psychological, cognitive, social, and spiritual and existential domains. This concept of pain is placed in the context of Ron Melzack's work highlighting the essential role of cognitive and emotional aspects of pain perception, and their influence on pain control. These issues continue to be a guiding force in the authors' own work and that of many others working in the field.

87: Biopsychosocial Factors in Quality of Life in men with Chronic Prostatitis/Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome

2007 ◽  
Vol 177 (4S) ◽  
pp. 31-31
Author(s):  
J. Curtis Nickel ◽  
Dean Tripp ◽  
Shannon Chuai ◽  
Mark S. Litwin ◽  
Mary McNaughton-Collins
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Pelvic Pain ◽  
Chronic Prostatitis ◽  
Chronic Pelvic Pain ◽  
Chronic Pelvic Pain Syndrome ◽  
Pain Syndrome ◽  
Pelvic Pain Syndrome
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