Abstract
Background
Understanding cultural perception of pain and determining the methods used for pain
management contribute to the assessment of the pain experienced by nursing students.
Aims
The aim of this study is to determine the effect of culture on nursing students' perception
of pain and the modern, cultural, and traditional methods they use for pain self-management.
Design
This study is a cross-sectional descriptive study.
Participants/Subjects
This study was carried out with 319 nursing students between March 1 and May 1, 2020.
Methods
For data collection, a questionnaire created by the researchers after literature review
and the Pain Beliefs Scale were used. Data were evaluated using SPSS Statistics 20.0
program.
Results
The type of pain experienced most often by nursing students is headache (56.7%). The
pain they experienced negatively affected daily activities. The mean score of those
who used cultural method of psychologic beliefs for reducing pain was statistically
significant (p < .05).
Conclusions
Nursing students generally use massage, warm shower, and herbal tea drinking for pain
management. The psychologic belief scores of those who applied these traditional methods
of pain reduction were high.
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Article info
Publication history
Published online: March 05, 2022
Accepted:
February 1,
2022
Received in revised form:
December 2,
2021
Received:
April 20,
2021
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