title: Complementary and alternative medicine for older adults with venous leg ulcer pain.
abstract: Chronic pain management is an important, and often under-addressed, component in the care of older adults with venous leg ulcers (VLUs). Clinicians caring for older adults with VLUs must consider and address both the physiological and psychosocial aspects of chronic pain. Traditional pharmacological approaches to pain management are only part of the solution. One strategy is to adopt a more holistic approach to chronic pain management that includes complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) therapies. Unfortunately, there is a paucity of CAM research that focuses on the pain management of older adults with VLUs. Despite these limitations, pain management that includes discussion of relevant CAM modalities must be a priority for clinicians caring for older adults living with VLUs.
authors.affiliation: Clinical Nursing Faculty and Lecturer, Shoreline Community College, Shoreline, WA 98133, USA. jentobon@gmail.com
authors.forename: Jeniffer
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Tobón
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000529:Complementary Therapies; D004509:Education, Nursing, Continuing; D006801:Humans; D007871:Leg Ulcer / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy*; D010146:Pain / Q000209:etiology; D059408:Pain Management; D014647:Varicose Ulcer / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy*