title: Methods used by female nurses and lay women for everyday pain management.
abstract: There are numerous types of pain, with different clinical meanings. Everyday pain might be experienced by everyone under different stressors, such as lack of sleep, alcohol overuse, stay in a stuffy room, and physical overstressors. It also might be related to a job character or attitudes. The aim of the present study was to investigate the methods for the management of everyday pain used by female nurses and lay women. Headaches and back pain were the most common pains reported among the female population included in this study. Analgesic use was the most common method for management of everyday pain. Nurses used prescription medicine and other methods. Lay women used over-the-counter analgesics more often. There is a significant tendency to exceed the maximum analgesic dose when treating migraines, total body pain, and toothaches. The majority of all of the women included in this study used analgesics according to recommendations. Nurses were found to underuse analgesics and lay women to overuse the recommended dose. Speed and safety were identified as key factors driving studied respondents' decisions when treating pain.
authors: Institute of Nursing and Health Sciences, Medical Department, University of Rzeszow, Rzeszow, Poland. Electronic address: monika.binkowska@yahoo.com.
authors: Monika
authors: M
authors: Binkowska-Bury
authors: National Medicines Institute, Warsaw, Poland.
authors: Pawel
authors: P
authors: Januszewicz
authors: Institute of Nursing and Health Sciences, Medical Department, University of Rzeszow, Rzeszow, Poland.
authors: Maja
authors: M
authors: Wolan
authors: Department of Quantitative Methods in Economics, Faculty of Management, Rzeszow University of Technology, Rzeszow, Poland.
authors: Marek
authors: M
authors: Sobolewski
authors: Institute of Nursing and Health Sciences, Medical Department, University of Rzeszow, Rzeszow, Poland.
authors: Artur
authors: A
authors: Mazur
mesh_terms: D059787:Acute Pain / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000451:nursing*; D000328:Adult; D000700:Analgesics / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D003151:Community Health Centers / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D004366:Nonprescription Drugs / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D009740:Nursing Staff / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D010045:Outpatients / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D059408:Pain Management / Q000379:methods* / Q000451:nursing*; D015995:Prevalence; D012648:Self Care; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D000700:Analgesics; D004366:Nonprescription Drugs