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Comparison of the Estimation of Pain Intensity by Nurses and Elderly Patients with Cancer in Selected Hospitals in Tehran
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Farahnaz Mohammadi   , Narges Arsalani , Mahdi Norozi , OM alkolsom Taghipour * |
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Introduction:Pain in cancer is a common occurrence, which the subjective nature of it can make the difference between nurse and patient perception. The aim of this study was to determine and compare the estimation of pain intensity by Nurses and Elderly Patients with Cancer in Selected Hospitals in Tehran.
Methods:In this descriptive and analytical study, elderly patients with one type of cancer as well as nurses working in the oncology department with more than three months work experience were included. McGill questionnaire was completed by patients and numerical pain scale was completed by patients and nurses. Data were analyzed by SPSS software version 22. A significant level of 5% was considered.
Results:In this study, 28 nurses and 115 patients with cancer were investigated. All nurses were female and their mean age was 30.37 ± 4.13 year. Most (73.1%) patients were male and the mean age was 65.91 ± 5.01 year. The mean score of McGill questionnaire was 25.33 ± 10.05. Also, the mean score of numerical pain scale in the patients was 8.7 ± 1.83 and in the nurses was 8.1 ± 1.7. There was a direct and significant correlation between pain intensity reported by nurses and patients in both questionnaires (P <0.001).
Conclusion: This study showed that there is a direct and significant correlation between the estimation of pain intensity reported by patients with cancer and nurses. Therfore, there is no difference between the perception of the pain of nurses and patients, and the nurses were able to estimate the pain of the elderly patients with cancer.
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| Keywords: Pain, Elderly, cancer, nurse, patient |
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Type of Study: Geriatric Nursing |
Subject:
nursing
Received: 2019/10/29 | Accepted: 2020/11/30 | Published: 2020/11/30
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