title: Patient education in pain control.
abstract: Patients' concerns about reporting pain and using analgesics have been cited as major contributors to the problem of inadequate pain management. The purpose of this paper is to describe a program of research in which we have focused on these patient concerns, or as we refer to them, "patient-related barriers to pain management." We present a summary of descriptive studies on this topic, describe educational interventions that have been tested, and suggest future avenues of research and practice.
authors.affiliation: University of Wisconsin-Madison, School of Nursing, 53792, USA. sward@facstaff.wisc.edu
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ward
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Hughes
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Donovan
authors.forename: R C
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Serlin
mesh_terms: D000700:Analgesics / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001294:Attitude to Health; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000523:psychology; D010146:Pain / Q000209:etiology / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000523:psychology*; D010147:Pain Measurement / Q000523:psychology; D010353:Patient Education as Topic / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends; D011369:Professional-Patient Relations
chemical_list: D000700:Analgesics