Pain: the views of elderly people living in long‐term residential care settings
- 1 April 1995
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in Journal of Advanced Nursing
- Vol. 21 (4) , 667-674
- https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2648.1995.21040667.x
Abstract
While an individual's beliefs and attitudes have long been considered important factors in how people respond to pain, few studies have attempted to provide in-depth descriptions of the nature of such pain beliefs and attitudes The aim of this research was to investigate the views of pain and pain management practices held by elderly people living in long-term residential care settings Ten 60–90 minute focus group interviews, each involving around five elderly people, were conducted in four large, long-term residential care settings in Brisbane, Australia Categories of beliefs and attitudes regarding pain were identified following analysis of the verbatim transcripts of these interviews Findings suggest that many elderly people living in long-term residential care settings may have become resigned to pain, that they are ambivalent about the benefit of any action for their pain and that they may be reluctant to express their pain Implications of these beliefs and attitudes are discusseKeywords
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