Pain Management Nursing
Volume 9, Issue 4 , Pages 154-159.e2 , December 2008

Older Adult Pain Communication and the Brief Pain Inventory Short Form

  • Deborah Dillon McDonald, PhD, RN

      Affiliations

    • University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticutt
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Deborah Dillon McDonald, University of Connecticut, 231 Glenbrook Road, Storrs, CT 06269-2026
    • ,
  • Maura Shea, RN, MS, CCRN

      Affiliations

    • University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticutt
    • ,
  • John Fedo, MSN, RN

      Affiliations

    • University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticutt
    • ,
  • Leonie Rose, BSc, RN

      Affiliations

    • Hartford Hospital, Hartford, CT
    • ,
  • Katie Bacon, BS, RN

      Affiliations

    • Windham Hospital, Willimantic, CT
    • ,
  • Karl Noble, BS, BSN, MS, RN

      Affiliations

    • University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticutt
    • ,
  • Jill Stewart, BA, BSN, CCRN

      Affiliations

    • University of Connecticut, Storrs, Connecticutt

References 

  1. American Pain Society. Guidelines for the management of pain in osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis, and juvenile chronic arthritis. Glenview, IL: American Pain Society; 2002;
  2. Berry D, Wilkie DJ, Thomas C, Fortner P. Clinicians communicating with patients experiencing cancer pain. Cancer Investigation. 2003;21:34–381
  3. Bertakis K, Azari R, Callahan E. Patient pain in primary care: Factors that influence physician diagnosis. Annals of Family Medicine. 2004;2:224–230
  4. Cham E, Hall L, Ernst A, Weiss S. Awareness and use of over-the-counter pain medications: A survey of emergency department patients. Southern Medical Journal. 2002;95:529–535
  5. Coupland N, Coupland J, Giles H, Henwood K. Accommodating the elderly: Invoking and extending a theory. Language & Society. 1988;17:1–41
  6. Davis G, Hiemenz M, White T. Barriers to managing chronic pain of older adults with arthritis. Journal of Nursing Scholarship. 2002;34:121–126
  7. de Rond M, Wit R, Van Dam F, Muller M. A pain monitoring program for nurses: Effects on communication, assessment and documentation of patients' pain. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management. 2000;20:424–439
  8. Jairath N, Kowal N. Patient expectations and anticipated responses to postsurgical pain. Journal of Holistic Nursing. 1999;17:184–196
  9. Krippendorff K. Content analysis an introduction to its methodology. 2nd ed. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications; 2004;
  10. Lorig K, Ritter P, Plant K. A disease-specific self-help program compared with a generalized chronic disease self-help program for arthritis patients. Arthritis & Rheumatism. 2005;53:950–957
  11. McDonald D, Freeland M, Thomas G, Moore J. Testing a preoperative pain management intervention for older adults. Research in Nursing & Health. 2001;24:402–409
  12. McDonald D, McNulty J, Erickson K, Weiskopf C. Communicating pain and pain management needs after surgery. Applied Nursing Research. 2000;13:70–75
  13. McDonald D, Molony S. Postoperative pain communication skills for older adults. Western Journal of Nursing Research. 2004;26:836–852
  14. McDonald, D., Shea, M., Rose, L., & Fedo, J. (in press). The effect of pain question phrasing on older adult pain information. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management.
  15. McDonald D, Thomas G, Livingston K, Severson J. Assisting older adults to communicate their pain after surgery. Clinical Nursing Research. 2005;14:109–126
  16. Miaskowski C, Dodd M, West C, Schumacher K, Paul S, Tripathy D, et al. Randomized clinical trial of the effectiveness of a self-care intervention to improve cancer pain management. Journal of Clinical Oncology. 2004;22:1713–1720
  17. National Center for Health Statistics (2008). Arthritis. Retrieved April 5, 2008, from Web site: http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/arthritis.htm.
  18. Nouwen A, Cloutier C, Kappas A, Warbrick T, Sheffield D. Effects of focusing and distraction on cold pressor-induced pain in chronic back pain patients and control subjects. The Journal of Pain. 2006;7:62–71
  19. Oliver J, Kravitz R, Kaplan S, Meyers F. Individualized patient education and coaching to improve pain control among cancer outpatients. Journal of Clinical Oncology. 2001;19:2206–2212
  20. Richy F, Bruyere O, Ethgen O, Rabenda V, Bouvenot G, Audran M, et al. Time dependent risk of gastrointestinal complications induced by nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drug use: A consensus statement using a meta-analytic approach. Annals of Rheumatic Diseases. 2004;63:759–766
  21. Shaheen S, Sterne J, Songhurst C, Burne P. Frequent paracetamol use in asthma in adults. Thorax. 2000;55:266–270
  22. Sherwood G, Adams-McNeill J, Starck P, Nieto B, Thompson C. Qualitative assessment of hospitalized patients' satisfaction with pain management. Research in Nursing & Health. 2000;23:486–495
  23. Van Ganse E, Jones J, Moore N, LaParc J, Wall R. A large simple clinical trial prototype for assessment of OTC drug effects using patient-report data. Pharmacoepidemiology and Drug Safety. 2005;14:249–255
  24. Wilkie DJ, Judge MK, Berry DL, Dell J, Zong S, Gilespie R. Usability of a computerized PAINReportIt in the general public with pain and people with cancer. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management. 2003;25:213–224
  25. Yip Y, Sit J, Fung K, Wong D, Chong S, Chung L, et al. Impact of an arthritis self-management programme with an added exercise component for osteoarthritis knee sufferers on improving pain, functional outcomes, and use of health care services: an experimental study. Patient Education and Counseling. 2007;65:113–121
  26. Zalon M. Pain in frail, elderly women after surgery. Image Journal of Nursing Scholarship. 1997;29:21–26
  27. Zalon M. Comparison of pain measures in surgical patients. Journal of Nursing Measurement. 1999;7:135–152

 Supported by the University of Connecticut School of Nursing Toner Funds and the University of Connecticut Research Foundation.

PII: S1524-9042(08)00070-2

doi: 10.1016/j.pmn.2008.03.001

Pain Management Nursing
Volume 9, Issue 4 , Pages 154-159.e2 , December 2008

Article Tools

* Image Usage & Resolution