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Sjuksköterskors erfarenheter av att bedöma smärta hos personer med demens: En litteraturöversikt
Dalarna University, School of Health and Welfare.
Dalarna University, School of Health and Welfare.
2023 (Swedish)Independent thesis Basic level (degree of Bachelor), 10 credits / 15 HE creditsStudent thesisAlternative title
Nurses' experience of assessing pain in people with dementia : a literature review (English)
Abstract [sv]

Bakgrund Antalet äldre ökar alltmer i världen och därmed även personer med demens. Det uppskattas att hälften av alla personer med demens lever med en smärta. Demenssjukdom medför svårigheter att kommunicera och förmedla smärta. Sjuksköterskorna får hitta andra sätt att bedöma smärta hos personer med demens vilket ofta innebär observationerav icke-verbala tecken på smärta.

Syfte Syftet var att studera sjuksköterskors erfarenheter av att bedöma smärta hos personer med demens.

Metod Studien var en strukturerad litteraturöversikt med inslag av den metodologi som används vid systematiska översikter.

Resultat Resultatet innehöll huvudkategorin; sjuksköterskors erfarenheter av vad som underlättar respektive försvårar bedömning av smärta och underkategorierna; organisation, kommunikation, samverkan samt kunskap och erfarenhet. Sjuksköterskornas erfarenheter var att kommunikationssvårigheter, personalbrist, tidsbrist, kunskapsbrist, försvårar bedömningen av smärta hos patientgruppen. Kunskap, erfarenhet, fungerande kommunikation med andra professioner i vårdteamet och anhöriga underlättar bedömning av smärta för sjuksköterskor.

Slutsats Sjuksköterskorna beskrev många hinder som försvårade bedömningen av smärta hos personer med demens och fann egna strategier som underlättade bedömningen. Sjuksköterskor använder sällan bedömningsinstrument och baserar bedömning av smärta på sin intuition.

Abstract [en]

Background The number of elderly is steadily increasing in the world and with that follows a great number of persons with dementia. It is estimated that around 50% of all persons with dementia suffers from pain. Dementia causes a cognitive impairment that leads to difficulties in communicating and conveying pain. The nurses have to find other ways to assess pain in persons with dementia which often involves observations of non-verbal signs of pain.

Aim The Aim was to explore nurses experience of assessing pain in persons with dementia.

Method The study was a structured literature review with elements of the methodology used in systematic reviews.

Results The result included the main category; nurses' experiences of what facilitates and hinders the assessment of pain and the subcategories; organization, communication, collaboration, knowledge and professional experience. The nurses' experiences were that communication difficulties, lack of staff, time and knowledge make it difficult to assess pain. Knowledge,experience, effective communication with colleagues and relatives facilitates the assessment of pain for nurses.

Conclusions The nurses described many obstacles that made it difficult to assess pain in people with dementia, they found their own strategies that facilitated the assessment of pain. Nurses rarely use pain scales, they use their intuition to assess pain.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
2023.
Keywords [en]
dementia, experiences, nurses, pain assessment, pain assessment scales
Keywords [sv]
bedömningsinstrument, demens, erfarenheter, sjuksköterskor, smärtbedömning
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Nursing
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URN: urn:nbn:se:du-46059OAI: oai:DiVA.org:du-46059DiVA, id: diva2:1757273
Subject / course
Caring Science/Nursing
Available from: 2023-05-16 Created: 2023-05-16

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