The Effect of Pain Experienced During the COVID-19 Infection on the Fear of Pain and Quality of Life

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AIMS: This study was conducted to determine the effect of pain experienced during the COVID-19 infection on the fear of pain and quality of life of individuals.

BACKGROUND: Pain is a complex, multidimensional, neurophysiological and psychosocial experience known only to the person experiencing pain. Although there are studies showing that individuals with COVID-19 experience pain, there are no studies that evaluate the relationship between fear of pain and quality of life of people after COVID-19 infection.

DESIGN: The study was carried out as descriptive, comparative and correlational design.

METHODS: Snowball sampling method was used in the research and the data were collected online. A total of 404 individuals participated in the study. The data were collected using the Descriptive Characteristics Questionnaire, Numeric Rating Scale, Fear of Pain Questionnaire-III and The 36-Item Short Form Health Survey Questionnaire.

RESULTS: It was determined that 87.1% of the individuals experienced pain during COVID-19 and the mean intensity of this pain was 6.16 ± 2.75. In addition, 37.1% of the individuals experienced pain for a while after COVID-19 and the mean intensity of this pain was 3.81 ± 3.00. The individuals who experienced pain during COVID-19 had higher fear of pain and lower quality of life than those who did not experience pain. There was a significant correlation between the severity of pain experienced during COVID-19 with the fear of pain and the quality of life.

CONCLUSIONS: According to the results of the study, it can be said that individuals who experienced intense pain during COVID-19 infection have higher fear of pain and lower quality of life. In addition, as the fear of pain increases, the quality of life of individuals decreases.

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CommentIn: Pain Manag Nurs. 2022 Feb;23(1):1-2. - PMID 35093236

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:23

Enthalten in:

Pain management nursing : official journal of the American Society of Pain Management Nurses - 23(2022), 1 vom: 30. Feb., Seite 31-37

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Korkut, Sevda [VerfasserIn]
Ülker, Türkan [VerfasserIn]

Links:

Volltext

Themen:

COVID-19 pain
Fear of pain
Journal Article
Nursing
Pain management
Quality of life

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 02.02.2022

Date Revised 02.02.2022

published: Print-Electronic

CommentIn: Pain Manag Nurs. 2022 Feb;23(1):1-2. - PMID 35093236

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.pmn.2021.08.007

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM330535749