YAŞLI BİREYLERDE AĞR

Yıl 2007, Cilt: 23 Sayı: 2, 131 - 144, 01.06.2007

Öznur Usta Yeşilbalkan

Öz

Yaşlı bireylerin çoğu kronik hastalık nedeniyle ağrı sorunu yaşayabilirler. Yaşlı bireylerde başarılı ağrı tedavisi genç bireylerde olduğu gibi dikkatli bir öz geçmiş alınmasına ve fiziksel muayene yapılmasına bağlıdır. Yaşlı bireylerde etkin ağrı tedavisini yapabilmek için kronik hastalıkların ve ağrıya neden olan durumların kontrol altına alınması, hareket ve fonksiyonel durumun sürdürülmesi, bağımsızlığın maksimum hale getirilmesi ve yaşam kalitesinin iyileştirilmesi gibi durumların tam ve sürekli olarak değerlendirilmesi gereklidir. Bu amaç iyi bir hemşirelik bakımı kadar hasta, aile ve sağlık bakım ekibinin eğitilmesi ile başarılabilmektedir

Anahtar Kelimeler

Ağrı, yaşlı birey, ağrı değerlendirmesi, ağrı tedavisi, hemşirelik bakımı

PAIN IN OLD PEOPLE

Öz

Most old people can experience pain problems because of chronic diseases. Successful management of pain in old people is dependent on a careful history and physical examination as it is in young adults. Accurate and ongoing assessment is essential to effective pain management in old people include control of chronic disease conditions, causing pain, maintenance of mobility and functional status, promotion of maximum indepedence, and improved quality of life. These goals can be achieved through education of the patient, family, and health care professionals, as well as through provision of good nursing care

Anahtar Kelimeler

Pain, old people, pain assessment, pain management, nursing care

Kaynakça

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