African American Young Adults' Pain and Pain Reduction Strategies.
Pain Manag Nurs
; 21(5): 423-427, 2020 10.
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ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Effective acute pain management strategies are important for young adults in order to reduce risk for transition to chronic pain.AIM:
To describe pain and pain self-management strategies used by African American young adults. DESIGN &SETTING:
A national online cross-sectional survey design was used. PARTICIPANT/SUBJECTS:
Ninety-four African Americans Qualtrics panelists ages 18-25 who reported previous experience with acute pain responded.Methods:
Respondents completed the Brief Pain Inventory Short Form to describe their pain intensity, pain interference with function, pain self-management, and percent of relief obtained from their self-management.RESULTS:
African American young adults reported pain primarily in the back (n = 22, 23.4%) and head (n = 19, 20.2%), with moderate pain intensity M = 4.5 (standard deviation [SD] = 1.79) and pain interference with function M = 4.6 (SD = 2.36). African American young adults described their worst pain in the last 24 hours as M = 5.7 (SD = 2.01), least pain as M = 3.4 (SD = 2.41), and average pain as M = 5.1 (SD = 2.09). They reported 61.3% pain relief from self-treatment. A total of 45 (47.9%) reported no pain self-management strategies.CONCLUSIONS:
African American young adults report moderate levels of pain intensity and pain interference with function. A significant number report no pain self-management strategies. Focused pain assessment and education about efficacious pain self-management strategies, both pharmacological and complementary, could assist young African Americans to reduce their pain and risk of chronic pain in the future.
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01-internacional
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MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Dolor
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Negro o Afroamericano
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Manejo del Dolor
Tipo de estudio:
Observational_studies
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Prevalence_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
Límite:
Adolescent
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Adult
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Pain Manag Nurs
Asunto de la revista:
ENFERMAGEM
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NEUROLOGIA
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PSICOFISIOLOGIA
Año:
2020
Tipo del documento:
Article