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Title

Development of a pain management programme for family carers of advanced cancer patients

Author(s)

Oldham, Lynn;  Kristjanson, Linda J.

Abstract

This article reports the first phase of a three-phase study to develop and test a pain education programme for family carers of patients with advanced cancer. The purpose of this phase was to develop the pain education programme. Interviews were conducted with 19 family carers to elicit their perceptions about the components, content, amount and timing of an educational programme that might be useful in educating them about pain management. Interviews were taped, transcribed and content analysed. Family carers reported knowledge deficits regarding pain, medications, comfort therapies and general comfort measures. Strategies for learning were described. Findings from these interviews together with results published in the literature were structured into a formal pain management programme. This programme has been pilot tested and evaluated using a randomized clinical trial.

Publication type

Journal article

Source

International Journal of Palliative Nursing, Vol. 10, no. 2 (Feb 2004), pp. 91-99

Publication year

2004

FOR Code(s)

1110 Nursing

Keyword(s)

Analgesia;  Attitudes to health;  Caregivers;  Curriculum;  Health education;  Needs assessment;  Nursing education;  Pain management;  Program development;  Psychological adaptation;  Psychological aspects;  Western Australia

Publisher

Mark Allen Publishing

ISSN

1357-6321

Publisher URL

http://www.ijpn.co.uk/

Copyright

Copyright © 2004.

Peer reviewed