Parents' experiences of pain and discomfort in people with learning disabilities.

There are few measures of pain for people with limited ability to communicate. Eight parents of adults with a known learning disability and associated physical health complaint were interviewed to explore their experience of identifying and managing the pain felt by their children. The parents did n...

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Publicado en:British Journal of Learning Disabilities Vol. 36; no. 2; pp. 84 - 91
Autores principales: Clarke ZJ, Thompson AR, Buchan L, Combes H
Formato: research tables/charts Journal Article
Publicado: Wiley-Blackwell Jun2008
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          Adult Children
          Persons with Intellectual Disabilities
          Pain Measurement Methods
          Parents
          Adult
          Aged
          Aged, 80 and Over
          Exploratory Research
          Female
          Interviews
          Male
          Middle Age
          Pain Etiology
          Pain Therapy
          Phenomenological Research
          Professional-Family Relations
          Purposive Sample
          Respite Care
          Self Report
          Thematic Analysis
          Uncertainty
          Human
          Adult: 19-44 years
          Aged: 65+ years
          Aged, 80 & over
          Middle Aged: 45-64 years
          Female
          Male
      ab: There are few measures of pain for people with limited ability to communicate. Eight parents of adults with a known learning disability and associated physical health complaint were interviewed to explore their experience of identifying and managing the pain felt by their children. The parents did not often perceive their son or daughter to be in pain or discomfort, which was an unexpected finding given the sampling strategy. They described, however, specific ways of recognizing pain and would use a trial and error process to determine the cause. Parents had strategies for dealing with pain and reported mixed experiences of service interactions. The emerging themes can be related back to the pain literature and psychological theory. They emphasize the importance of involving parents in pain assessment and represent the first stage of research into a previously unexplored area.
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