Pain Assessment In Patients Who Receive Hemodialysis Treatment
Aim: Pain is an important health issue that is common among patients who receive hemodialysis (HD) treatment and greatly affects the patients’ quality of life. This study aims to assess the qualitative pain characteristics of patients who receive HD treatment using the McGill Pain Questionnaire. Mat...
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| description | Aim: Pain is an important health issue that is common among patients who receive hemodialysis (HD) treatment and greatly affects the patients’ quality of life. This study aims to assess the qualitative pain characteristics of patients who receive HD treatment using the McGill Pain Questionnaire.
Materials and Method: This quantitative, descriptive and cross-sectional study included 87 patients who received HD treatment. Data were collected using an information form and the McGill Pain Questionnaire in the HD clinic of a training and research hospital in Turkey between 01.04.2019 and 31.09.2019.
Results: The study found that the mean current pain scores of the HD patients were moderate (2.13±0.56). The study determined that the patients experienced pain most often in the lower extremity (36.8%) and head region (29.9%) and least in the upper extremity (11.5%). The hemodialysis procedure (44.8%), not following the diet (23%), fatigue (16.1%) and stress (16.1%) were found to intensify the pain. The study found that analgesics (36.8%), resting (31%), complementary approaches (17.2%) and other practices (14.9%) relieved pain when patients were in pain. The study also found that the patients often used the words tiring (n=47), sickening (n=42), fearful (n=41) and wretched (n=38) to define the pain they felt.
Conclusion: Measuring and categorizing pain are greatly important to increase the quality of life. The results obtained indicate that assessment of the pain individualistically will be a guide to provide a holistic approach in HD patients. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-613dd98a12944fdc84631a4a50ebb0bd2023-03-24T19:43:25ZengRabia YılmazJournal of Contemporary Medicine2667-71802021-11-0111676877310.16899/jcm.9205611809Pain Assessment In Patients Who Receive Hemodialysis TreatmentŞeyda Can0Arzu Arda1YALOVA ÜNİVERSİTESİSAĞLIK BİLİMLERİ ÜNİVERSİTESİ, BURSA YÜKSEK İHTİSAS SAĞLIK UYGULAMA VE ARAŞTIRMA MERKEZİAim: Pain is an important health issue that is common among patients who receive hemodialysis (HD) treatment and greatly affects the patients’ quality of life. This study aims to assess the qualitative pain characteristics of patients who receive HD treatment using the McGill Pain Questionnaire. Materials and Method: This quantitative, descriptive and cross-sectional study included 87 patients who received HD treatment. Data were collected using an information form and the McGill Pain Questionnaire in the HD clinic of a training and research hospital in Turkey between 01.04.2019 and 31.09.2019. Results: The study found that the mean current pain scores of the HD patients were moderate (2.13±0.56). The study determined that the patients experienced pain most often in the lower extremity (36.8%) and head region (29.9%) and least in the upper extremity (11.5%). The hemodialysis procedure (44.8%), not following the diet (23%), fatigue (16.1%) and stress (16.1%) were found to intensify the pain. The study found that analgesics (36.8%), resting (31%), complementary approaches (17.2%) and other practices (14.9%) relieved pain when patients were in pain. The study also found that the patients often used the words tiring (n=47), sickening (n=42), fearful (n=41) and wretched (n=38) to define the pain they felt. Conclusion: Measuring and categorizing pain are greatly important to increase the quality of life. The results obtained indicate that assessment of the pain individualistically will be a guide to provide a holistic approach in HD patients.https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/download/article-file/1716793ağrıağrı ölçümühemodiyalizmcgill pain questionnairepainpain measurementhemodialysismcgill pain questionnaire |
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| title_full | Pain Assessment In Patients Who Receive Hemodialysis Treatment |
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