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Adolescents’ Pain Experiences Following Acute Blunt Traumatic Injury: Struggle for Internal Control
Author(s) -
Crandall Margie,
Kools Susan,
Miaskowski Christine,
Savedra Marilyn
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
journal for specialists in pediatric nursing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.499
H-Index - 38
eISSN - 1744-6155
pISSN - 1539-0136
DOI - 10.1111/j.1744-6155.2007.00118.x
Subject(s) - blunt , distress , psychology , grounded theory , pain catastrophizing , perception , clinical psychology , human factors and ergonomics , pain control , qualitative research , physical therapy , medicine , poison control , chronic pain , medical emergency , surgery , social science , neuroscience , sociology
ISSUES AND PURPOSE. Although blunt trauma injury is a common cause for adolescent pain, little is known about the experience of pain as perceived by adolescents.DESIGN AND METHOD. Semistructured interviews were conducted with 13 adolescents following blunt trauma injury. Two age‐appropriate valid measures (i.e., Adolescent Pediatric Pain Tool and Temporal Dot Matrix) were incorporated into the interviews to elaborate their pain experiences. Grounded theory method was used to analyze data and build substantive theory.RESULTS. Adolescents’ behavioral and cognitive actions (i.e., “internal control”) to manage and endure pain were influenced by their pain perceptions, physical losses, and clinicians’ actions.PRACTICE IMPLICATIONS. Nurses, family members, and peers have a crucial role in alleviating adolescents’ distress and pain.