Pain Management and Life Satisfaction In Elderly Individuals: A Single Centred Study

Year 2021, Volume: 11 Issue: 3, 405 - 411, 27.09.2021

Zülfünaz Özer , Gülcan Bahçecioğlu Turan , Gülden Atan

https://doi.org/10.33808/clinexphealthsci.733524

Cited By: 2

Abstract

Objective: This study was conducted to find out the pain management status and life satisfaction of elderly individuals living in a nursing home and to determine the relationship between these.
Methods: This descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted in a nursing home in Turkey in November 2019. The data were collected by the researchers with face-to-face interview technique by using “Personal Information Form”, “Geriatric Pain Measure (GPM)”, “Pain Management Inventory (PMI)” and “Life Satisfaction Scale (LSS)”.
Results: GPM total score was 48.95±11.24, and average LSS was 14.37±6.85. There is a positive statistically significant association between GPM and PMI (r=0.385; p<0.01), while there is a negative statistically significant association between GPM and LSS (r=-0.369; p<0.01). There is a negative statistically significant association between PMI and LSS (r=-0.344; p<0.01).
Conclusion: It was found that elderly individuals had moderate level of pain and poor life satisfaction. It was found that as level of pain increased, elderly individuals’ life satisfaction decreased.

Keywords

Pain, Life Satisfaction, Elderly Nursing Home

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