Nonpharmacological Pain Management

This article addresses the essential role that pain plays in the rehabilitation of sports injury. It will describe important information and approaches that applied sport psychologists can use to more effectively manage pain in injured athletes. The article includes a brief discussion of the most accepted theories of pain. Types of pain that injured athletes may experience and how they can learn to discriminate between them will be discussed. The article will also consider how pain can be a useful tool as information about injured athletes’ current status in recovery and the need to modify their rehabilitation regimens. The value of measuring pain will be examined with emphasis on determining a simple and easy means of assessing pain. Next, the article will examine why nonpharmacological pain management may be a useful adjunct to pharmacological pain control. Then, a brief description of the most commonly used pain medications and a detailed description of common nonpharmacological pain-management strategies will be furnished. A discussion of how nonpharmacological pain management can be incorporated into the traditional rehabilitation process will be offered. Finally, the article will describe the role that sport psychologists can play in the management of sport injury-related pain. The objective of this article is to provide applied practitioners with the knowledge and tools necessary to assist injured athletes in mitigating the pain they will experience during recovery as a means of facilitating their rehabilitation and return to sport.

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Training nursing students in evidence-based nonpharmacological pain management techniques

10.33915/etd.2417 ◽

2006 ◽

Author(s):

Jill E. MacLaren

Keyword(s):

Pain Management ◽

Nursing Students ◽

Evidence Based ◽

Management Techniques ◽

Nonpharmacological Pain Management

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Knowledge, Attitude, and Associated Factors towards Nonpharmacological Pain Management among Nurses Working at Amhara Region Comprehensive Specialized Hospitals, Ethiopia

Critical Care Research and Practice ◽

10.1155/2021/7374915 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 2021 ◽

pp. 1-11

Author(s):

Esayas Alemshet Tekletsadik ◽

Abebaw Alemayehu Desta ◽

Belayneh Shetie Workneh

Keyword(s):

Pain Management ◽

Associated Factors ◽

Working Hours ◽

Favorable Attitude ◽

Years Of Experience ◽

Monthly Income ◽

Amhara Region ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Adequate Knowledge ◽

Nonpharmacological Pain Management

Background. Nonpharmacological pain management refers to providing pain management intervention that does not involve the use of drugs. Effective management of a patient’s pain is a vital nursing activity, and it needs a nurse’s adequate pain-related knowledge and a favorable attitude. Globally, many studies stated that the lack of knowledge and unfavorable attitude of nurses towards nonpharmacological pain management was the prevailing persistent challenge. Objective. To assess knowledge, attitude, and associated factors towards nonpharmacological pain management among nurses working in Amhara region Comprehensive Specialized Hospitals, Ethiopia, 2021. Method. An institutional-based cross-sectional study was conducted from April to May 30, 2021. A total of 845 nurses were selected using a simple random sampling technique. Data were collected by using a pretested self-administered structured questionnaire. Then, data were checked, coded, and entered into Epi Info version 7.0 and exported to SPSS version 25.0 software for analysis. Results. A total of 775 nurses participated in this study, with a response rate of 91.8%. Of the total participants, 54.2% (95% CI: 50.6–57.9) and 49.8% (95% CI: 46.1–53.2) of nurses had adequate knowledge and a favorable attitude, respectively. The study revealed that educational status (AOR = 3.51 (95% CI: 1.37, 8.99)), years of experience (AOR = 5.59 (95% CI: 2.86, 10.94)), working unit (AOR = 5.61 (95% CI: 2.25, 13.96)), nurse-to-patient ratio (AOR = 2.33 (95% CI: 1.44, 3.78)), and working hours (AOR = 2.15 (95% CI: 1.27, 3.62)) were significantly associated. This finding also revealed that monthly income (AOR = 4.38 (95% CI: 1.64, 11.69)), nurse-to-patient ratio (AOR = 1.89 (95% CI: 1.19, 3.01)), and nurses’ adequate knowledge (AOR = 4.26 (95% CI: 2.91, 6.24)) were significantly associated with the attitude of nurses. Conclusion and Recommendations. More than half and nearly half of the nurses had adequate knowledge and a favorable attitude towards nonpharmacological pain management, respectively. Educational qualification, years of experience, working unit, nurse-to-patient ratio, and prolonged working hours per day were significantly associated with nurse’s adequate knowledge. Monthly income, nurse-to-patient ratio, and nurse’s knowledge were significantly associated with the attitudes of nurses. It is better to give attention to reviewing the nursing curriculum, achieving a standardized nurse-to-patient ratio, recruiting additional nurses, training, and upgrading nurses with continuing education.

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Are nurses utilizing the non-pharmacological pain management techniques in surgical wards?

PLoS ONE ◽

10.1371/journal.pone.0258668 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 16 (10) ◽

pp. e0258668

Author(s):

Magda Mohamed Mohamed Bayoumi ◽

Leena Mohammad Abdulla Khonji ◽

Wessam Fathy Mohamed Gabr

Keyword(s):

Pain Management ◽

Health Beliefs ◽

Emotional Support ◽

Positive Reinforcement ◽

Study Data ◽

Post Discharge ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Management Techniques ◽

Nonpharmacological Pain Management ◽

Behavioral Methods

The non-pharmacological pain management therapies have a valuable effect in managing moderate to mild pain intensity, especially if demonstrated in the pre-operative phase. The study aimed to explore the nurses’ practice toward using non-pharmacological pain management techniques in surgical wards. In a cross-sectional research design, a convenient sample of 47 nurses in the surgical wards in Egyptian hospital (Third Level) participated in the study. Data gathered using modified Non-pharmacological Methods Questionnaire. Results of the study indicated that nurse’s perception regarding applying the cognitive-behavioral methods as a distraction and Positive reinforcement techniques were more common (68.1%,53.2%), whereas most of them used emotional support (93.6%) and preferred to demonstrate physical methods. Meanwhile, nurses addressed the barriers to apply nonpharmacological pain management as lack of time, patient unwillingness, and patients’ health beliefs. Nevertheless, nurses reported the non-pharmacological pain management is less expensive and has fewer side effects than medication and can demonstrated post-discharge. Nurses play a key role in applying effective and different non-pharmacological therapies in surgical wards. Thus, nurses should be encouraged to demonstrate the non-pharmacological pain management therapies with patients undergoing surgical procedures.

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Nurses' Knowledge About Pharmacological and Nonpharmacological Pain Management in Children

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management ◽

10.1016/s0885-3924(99)00065-2 ◽

1999 ◽

Vol 18 (4) ◽

pp. 289-299 ◽

Cited By ~ 47

Author(s):

Sanna Salanterä ◽

Sirkka Lauri ◽

Toivo T Salmi ◽

Hans Helenius

Keyword(s):

Pain Management ◽

Nonpharmacological Pain Management ◽

Nurses Knowledge

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Spousal Presence as a Nonpharmacological Pain Management during Childbirth: A Pilot Study

Nursing Research and Practice ◽

10.1155/2015/932763 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 2015 ◽

pp. 1-7 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Abigail U. Emelonye ◽

Taina Pitkäaho ◽

Katri Vehviläinen-Julkunen

Keyword(s):

Pain Management ◽

Pilot Study ◽

Internal Consistency ◽

Health Professionals ◽

Alpha Coefficient ◽

Retest Reliability ◽

Future Studies ◽

Two Phases ◽

Nonpharmacological Pain Management ◽

Test Retest Reliability

Background. Measures of spousal effect during parturient pain should take a tripartite approach involving the parturients, spouses, and midwives.Aim. To develop and validate three questionnaires measuring spousal presence in management of parturient pain in Nigeria.Methods. There are two phases: (1) development of questionnaires, Abuja Instrument for Midwives (AIM), Abuja Instrument for Parturient Pain (AIPP), and Abuja Instrument for Parturient Spouses (AIPS), utilizing literatures, Kuopio instrument for fathers (KIF) and expertise of health professionals, and (2) pilot study to validate the questionnaires which were administered in two hospitals in Nigeria: midwives(n=10), parturients(n=10), and spouses(n=10). Results. Internal consistency for the three questionnaires indicated Cronbach’s alpha coefficient of 0.789 (AIM), 0.802 (AIPP), and 0.860 (AIPS), while test-retest reliability wasr=0.99(AIM),r=0.99(AIPP), andr=0.90(AIPS).Conclusions. AIM, AIPP, and AIPS provide a means of investigating the effectiveness of spousal presence in management of parturient pain in Nigeria. However, further testing of each instrument is needed in a larger population to replicate the beneficial findings of AIMS, AIPP, and AIPS which can contribute rigor to future studies.

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