Pain Management Nursing
Volume 10, Issue 4 , Pages 220-228 , December 2009

Effects of Pain Education Program on Pain Intensity, Pain Treatment Satisfaction, and Barriers in Turkish Cancer Patients

  • Yasemin Kuzeyli Yildirim, PhD, RN

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine Nursing, Ege University Nursing School, Bornova, Izmir, Turkey
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Yasemin Kuzeyli Yildirim, PhD, RN, Department of Internal Medicine Nursing, Ege University Nursing School, Bornova, Izmir, Turkey
    • ,
  • Fadiloglu Cicek, PhD, RN

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine Nursing, Ege University Nursing School, Bornova, Izmir, Turkey
    • ,
  • Meltem Uyar, MD

      Affiliations

    • Departmant of Algology, Ege University Medical Faculty, Bornova, Izmir, Turkey

Received 24 March 2007 ,Revised 1 September 2007 ,Accepted 25 September 2007.

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 The pain education booklet was printed by Novartis Oncology Group. This study was funded by Ege University Research Foundation (Project no. 2005-HYO-06).

PII: S1524-9042(07)00144-0

doi: 10.1016/j.pmn.2007.09.004

Pain Management Nursing
Volume 10, Issue 4 , Pages 220-228 , December 2009

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