Abstract

DE CASTRO MOURA, Caroline et al. Impacts of chronic pain on people's life and nursing care in the process. av.enferm. [online]. 2017, vol.35, n.1, pp.53-62. ISSN 0121-4500.  https://doi.org/10.15446/av.enferm.v35n1.61006.

Objective: To reflect about impact of chronic pain on people's life and on the nursing care in the process. Methodology: This is a reflexive essay, based on a theoretical review. The study was developed between May 2015 and July 2016. The data were analyzed and after organized in thematic axes as follows: The impact of chronic pain on people's quality of life, Pain as a fifth vital sign: the importance of its evaluation, and Nursing care to the patient with chronic pain. Results: Pain impacts in several ways on people's life, and, when this symptom becomes chronic, it resonates more intensively on quality of life. A comprehensive, holistic, and multi-professional evaluation to person with pain is necessary, so that nurse, setting up the nursing process, plays a central role in recognition and control of this status with the implementation of accurate diagnoses and effective interventions. Conclusions: Chronic pain needs a special attention by nurse so that assessment and treatment to be as complete as possible, in order to minimize the negative impact of pain on people's life.

Keywords : Chronic Pain; Nursing Care; Comprehensive Health Care.

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