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Showing 1 to 20 of 21 for “"management of chronic pain."”.
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Self-management of chronic pain by patients with arthritis
The insistent presence of pain for the millions of persons with rheumatoid arthritis and osteoarthritis can drastically reduce an individual's quality of life. Self-management approaches for arthritis pain relief are being emphasized and individuals needs a medley of pain management methods to …
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An evaluation of the use and efficacy of analgesics in the management of chronic pain in the community.
The main aims of this research were to evaluate the use and efficacy of analgesics in the management of chronic pain in the community and to investigate the role of the pharmacist in optimising health outcomes relating to chronic pain by assessing the effect of pharmacist intervention on pain …
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Factors Influencing the Perception and Management of Chronic Pain for Immigrant Women in Saskatchewan: An Exploratory Qualitative Study
Introduction: Chronic pain is a complex concept affected by biological, physiological, psychological, environmental, and social factors. Research has found that immigrant women are a vulnerable group because they are likely to experience higher pain intensity than non-immigrants and immigrant men …
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An Investigation of Health Care Professionals' Attitudes and Beliefs Toward the Management of Chronic Pain in Older Adults
Understanding unhelpful attitudes and beliefs of those delivering healthcare to specific populations is important to ensure that patient treatment is not adversely affected. The identification of these, followed by the provision of targeted education, would be expected to lead to improvements in …
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Striving to maintain well-being: self-management of chronic pain by elderly people living in rural communities in North-East Thailand
Chronic pain is a common problem among elderly people. Proper self-management of chronic pain is crucial in promoting general well-being; however, elderly people who live in Thai rural communities have limited access to self-management resources. Understanding the way these people self-manage …
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The Role of Education in the Treatment of Chronic Pain Patients: A Quantitative Study of Factors that Influence the Self -Management of Chronic Pain
The factors involved in the successful self-management of chronic pain are not well understood. Many issues complicate addressing these factors. Individual suffering, exhaustion of family resources, and the costs to society for medical care, lost wages, welfare and disability benefits demand …
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What is going on? An analysis of the discourses around medicinal cannabis and chronic pain
… that is effective for all people who experience chronic pain. Associated with the multitude of factors that influence the individual’s perception and occurrence of chronic pain, the management of such pain is extremely complicated. As the experience of chronic pain is individual and the reported …
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Predictors of the Risk for Aberrant Drug-Related Behavior in Chronic Pain Patients: A Mixed Methods Design
<p>The use of opioids for the treatment of chronic non-cancer pain (CNCP) remains controversial (Manchikanti, 2008; McQuay, 1999). Controversy surrounds the type of conditions that should be treated with opioids, whether the treatment can be generally safe and effective, and what the clinical goals …
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Health (Internal-External) Locus of Control in Patients With Soft Tissue Chronic Pain, and Treatment With Art Therapy
<p>Specialists working in the field of Chronic Pain Treatment, have taught the general medical community that the old approach of treating chronic pain as acute pain has created a host of problems for the chronic pain patient, including poor recovery rates, drug addiction, increased and persistent …
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Retrospective cross sectional analysis of an acupuncture intervention for chronic pain management at Groote Schuur Hospital Pain Clinic Cape Town, South Africa
… introduced as an alternative intervention in the management of chronic pain, at the Chronic Pain Management Clinic of Groote Schuur Hospital, a tertiary academic hospital in Cape Town, South Africa. This study is a retrospective, cross-sectional analysis that aimed to investigate several aspects …
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Initial perceptions of Internet-Based Cognitive-Behaviour Therapy for Chronic pain Among Potential Users: Examining Interest, Perceived Barriers, and Strengths
Chronic pain is an important area of study given that 15 to 18% of the Canadian population will develop a chronic pain condition during their lifetime. One difficulty in the self-management of chronic pain is the lack of resources available for those who suffer from this condition. Although …
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The management of elderly patients with pain.
… research project is designed to determine a plan of assessment and intervention, which can be used by nurses in the community to help elderly patients cope with painful conditions. A theoretical model is developed, in which coping is defined in terms of the degree of control experienced over pain …
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The use of tramadol at the Groote Schuur chronic pain management clinic (CPMC): a medicine usage evaluation
Background: The use of tramadol in the management of chronic pain has recently become controversial. Amidst rising reports on potential for abuse and its exclusion from latest international guidelines, the conduct of a Medicine Usage Evaluation (MUE) of the drug is relevant to inform future …
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Concomitant Suppression Of Both Cox-1 And Cox-2 Is Not Sufficient To Cause Gastroenteropathy Associated With Chronic Nsaid Use
… widely used nonaddictive medications for the management of chronic pain and inflammation; however, these drugs are associated with many gastrointestinal and cardiovascular adverse events, including intestinal bleeding, ulceration, stenosis, myocardial infarction, and stroke. It has long been …
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"treating the whole person:" an ethnographic study of an integrative medicine pain clinic
<p>Although chronic pain has been increasingly recognized as a critical health issue in the U.S., solely biomedical approaches to pain management are often less effective than comprehensive ones in addressing this condition (Crowley-Matoka, et al. 2009; Good 1994; Greenhalgh 2001; Institute of …
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Kineziterapijos ir skausmo neuromokslo edukacijos poveikis lėtinių skausmų valdyme: sisteminė literatūros apžvalga /
SUMMARY Vilnius University Faculty of Medicine Institute of Health Sciences Department of Rehabilitation, Physical and Sports Medicine Master’s Degree of Rehabilitation THE IMPACT OF PHYSIOTHERAPY AND PAIN NEUROSCIENCE EDUCATION IN CHRONIC PAIN MANAGEMENT: A SYSTEMATIC LITERATURE REVIEW …
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Nurse's Perceptions Toward the Use of Nonpharmacologic Interventions for Chronic Pain Management
Although nurses often provide care to patients with chronic pain, many do not Fully utilize non-pharmacologic interventions that are useful in the management of chronic pain. The problem under investigation was to determine what constitutes nurse's perception of issues related to non-pharmacologic …
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Exploring stakeholders' perceptions of peer support for adults with chronic pain: a mixed methods study.
… interventions could play a pivotal role in the management of chronic pain, yet there has not been a study to assess the preferences of adults with chronic pain or healthcare professionals regarding intervention components. Critical gaps in the current research base include understanding the …
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Knowledge, attitudes and practices of health professionals in management of pain in aids patients at Polokwane/ Mankweng Hospital complex, Limpopo Province
This study was initiated as part of a quality improvement project on pain management at Polokwane/Mankweng Hospital Complex (PMHC). This is the first part of the project, which involved a baseline study to assess the knowledge, attitude and practice of doctors working in the two hospitals in …
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Neuropsychological function as a result of chronic exposure to methadone and other opioids
It is increasingly recognised that chronic exposure to opioids has been associated with neuropsychological impairment during both active use and following a period of abstinence. The overall objective of this thesis was to review the relevant prior literature in a systematic manner and subsequently …
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