Effects of a nursing pain programme on patient outcomes.

Full Abstract

The effectiveness of a continuing pain education program, directed to surgical cancer nurses, was investigated in a pretest posttest controlled intervention study. ANCOVA for repeated measures revealed that the programme resulted in a lower pain intensity of surgical colon and breast cancer patients (p = 0.02). However, no effects were found on pain duration, sleepless hours as a result of pain, state anxiety, mood disturbances, and duration of hospitalization. It is assumed that because the pain CE programme had a moderate impact on pain intensity, this had no consequences for the other outcome variables mentioned.

Author information

Author/s: Francke, A L (AL); Garssen, B (B); Luiken, J B (JB); De Schepper, A M (AM); Grypdonck, M (M); Abu-Saad, H H (HH);

Affiliation: Helen Dowling Institute for Biopsychosocial Medicine Rotterdam, The Netherlands.

Journal and publication information

Publication Type: Clinical Trial; Journal Article; Randomized Controlled Trial

Journal: Psycho-oncology (Psychooncology), published in ENGLAND. (Language: eng)

Reference: 1997-Dec; vol 6 (issue 4) : pp 302-10

Dates: Created 1998/03/19; Completed 1998/03/19; Revised 2004/11/17;

PMID: 9451749, status: MEDLINE (last retrieval date: 2/18/2009, IMS Date: )

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