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Effects of a nursing pain programme on patient outcomes
Author(s) -
Francke Anneke L.,
Garssen Bert,
Luiken J. Bart,
De Schepper Andrea M. E.,
Grypdonck Mieke,
AbuSaad Huda Huijer
Publication year - 1997
Publication title -
psycho‐oncology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.41
H-Index - 137
eISSN - 1099-1611
pISSN - 1057-9249
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1099-1611(199712)6:4<302::aid-pon284>3.0.co;2-d
Subject(s) - medicine , anxiety , mood , physical therapy , repeated measures design , intervention (counseling) , cancer pain , duration (music) , nursing , cancer , clinical psychology , psychiatry , art , statistics , mathematics , literature
The effectiveness of a continuing pain education program, directed to surgical cancer nurses, was investigated in a pretest posttest controlled intervention study. ANCOVA for repeated measures revealed that the programme resulted in a lower pain intensity of surgical colon and breast cancer patients ( p = 0.02). However, no effects were found on pain duration, sleepless hours as a result of pain, state anxiety, mood disturbances, and duration of hospitalization. It is assumed that because the pain CE programme had a moderate impact on pain intensity, this had no consequences for the other outcome variables mentioned. © 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.