Aziato Lydia, Adejumo Oluyinka
University of Ghana, Accra, Ghana
University of the Western Cape, Bellville, South Africa.
J Transcult Nurs. 2015 May;26(3):301-7. doi: 10.1177/1043659614526246. Epub 2014 May 5.
The experience of pain associated with surgery has been a challenge for health care professionals for many years, and culture is said to influence pain.
This study focused on patients' experiences of postoperative pain (POP) and factors that affect POP.
The study employed qualitative ethnographic principles.
Data were collected through individual face-to-face interviews. Data were saturated after analyzing data from 13 patients from two hospitals in Ghana.
Themes that emerged were the subjective nature of pain, which described pain dimensions and communication; psycho-sociocultural factors, such as personal inclinations and sociocultural background; and health system factors, such as personnel attitudes and health financing.
Health professionals need to understand the sociocultural effects of pain in order to give effective care.
The study highlighted the need for patient education and the importance that health care professionals understand context-specific factors that influence POP management.
多年来，与手术相关的疼痛体验一直是医护人员面临的一项挑战，据说文化会影响疼痛。
本研究聚焦于患者的术后疼痛体验以及影响术后疼痛的因素。
该研究采用了定性人种学原则。
通过个人面对面访谈收集数据。在对来自加纳两家医院的13名患者的数据进行分析后，数据达到饱和。
出现的主题包括疼痛的主观性，它描述了疼痛维度和沟通；心理社会文化因素，如个人倾向和社会文化背景；以及卫生系统因素，如人员态度和卫生筹资。
卫生专业人员需要了解疼痛的社会文化影响，以便提供有效的护理。
该研究强调了患者教育的必要性以及医护人员理解影响术后疼痛管理的特定背景因素的重要性。
