Pain Management Nursing
Volume 12, Issue 1 , Pages 41-49 , March 2011

Use, Perceived Effectiveness, and Gender Differences of Pain Relief Strategies Among the Community-Dwelling Elderly in Taiwan

  • Hsing-Yi Yu, PhD(C), RN

      Affiliations

    • School of Nursing, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Department of Nursing, Jen-Teh Junior College of Medicine, Nursing, and Management, Miaoli County, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Fu-In Tang, PhD, RN

      Affiliations

    • School of Nursing, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Ming-Chen Yeh, PhD(C), RN

      Affiliations

    • School of Nursing, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Department of Nursing, Hungkuang University, Taichung, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Benjamin Ing-Tiau Kuo, PhD, MD

      Affiliations

    • School of Nursing, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, Taiwan
    • ,
  • Shu Yu, PhD, RN

      Affiliations

    • School of Nursing, National Yang-Ming University, Taipei, Taiwan
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Professor Shu Yu, School of Nursing, National Yang-Ming University, 155, Li-Nong St., Sec. 2, Taipei 112, Taiwan.

Received 3 July 2009 ,Revised 28 September 2009 ,Accepted 15 October 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.pmn.2009.10.002

Pain Management Nursing
Volume 12, Issue 1 , Pages 41-49 , March 2011

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