Investigation of the strategies and effect of serf-management of chronic pain for aged people / 中国实用护理杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To discuss the clinical feature of chronic pain of aged people and strategies and effect of its self-management as well as their relationship.Methods Investigation with questionnaires wag carried out in 243 aged people who were above 65 years old to understand the clinical feature of chronic pain and strategies of its self-management.The results underwent analysis.Results Non-narcotic analgesics,physical exercise,cold and heat therapy and spiritual activity were used most frequently in selfmanagement of pain.No statistical difference existed in the use of self-management strategies between people in different age groups.Effect of self-management strategies was negatively correlated with degree of pain,interrupting with daily life and anxiety,but Wag positively correlated with self-efficacy score.Conclusions Aged people ale willing to attemp various strategies to cope with chronic pain.We should pain attention to the standardization of physical exercise,confrontation of anxiety and improvement of self-efficacy to improve the effect of self-management.