An educational intervention to reduce pain and improve pain management for Malawian people living with HIV/AIDS and their family carers: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial

Many HIV/AIDS patients experience pain often due to advanced HIV/AIDS infection and side effects of treatment. In sub-Saharan Africa, pain management for people with HIV/AIDS is suboptimal. With survival extended as a direct consequence of improved access to antiretroviral therapy, the prevalence of...

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Main Authors: Nkhoma, Kennedy, Seymour, Jane, Arthur, Antony
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Published: BioMed Central 2013
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description Many HIV/AIDS patients experience pain often due to advanced HIV/AIDS infection and side effects of treatment. In sub-Saharan Africa, pain management for people with HIV/AIDS is suboptimal. With survival extended as a direct consequence of improved access to antiretroviral therapy, the prevalence of HIV/AIDS related pain is increasing. As most care is provided at home, the management of pain requires patient and family involvement. Pain education is an important aspect in the management of pain in HIV/AIDS patients. Studies of the effectiveness of pain education interventions for people with HIV/AIDS have been conducted almost exclusively in western countries.
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spelling nottingham-25472020-05-04T16:38:01Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/2547/ An educational intervention to reduce pain and improve pain management for Malawian people living with HIV/AIDS and their family carers: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial Nkhoma, Kennedy Seymour, Jane Arthur, Antony Many HIV/AIDS patients experience pain often due to advanced HIV/AIDS infection and side effects of treatment. In sub-Saharan Africa, pain management for people with HIV/AIDS is suboptimal. With survival extended as a direct consequence of improved access to antiretroviral therapy, the prevalence of HIV/AIDS related pain is increasing. As most care is provided at home, the management of pain requires patient and family involvement. Pain education is an important aspect in the management of pain in HIV/AIDS patients. Studies of the effectiveness of pain education interventions for people with HIV/AIDS have been conducted almost exclusively in western countries. BioMed Central 2013-07-13 Article PeerReviewed Nkhoma, Kennedy, Seymour, Jane and Arthur, Antony (2013) An educational intervention to reduce pain and improve pain management for Malawian people living with HIV/AIDS and their family carers: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial. Trials, 14 . 8/1-8/8. ISSN 1745-6215 HIV/AIDS Trial Pain Carers Educational intervention Palliative care http://www.trialsjournal.com/content/14/1/216 doi:10.1186/1745-6215-14-216 doi:10.1186/1745-6215-14-216
spellingShingle HIV/AIDS
Trial
Pain
Carers
Educational intervention
Palliative care
Nkhoma, Kennedy
Seymour, Jane
Arthur, Antony
An educational intervention to reduce pain and improve pain management for Malawian people living with HIV/AIDS and their family carers: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial
title An educational intervention to reduce pain and improve pain management for Malawian people living with HIV/AIDS and their family carers: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial
title_full An educational intervention to reduce pain and improve pain management for Malawian people living with HIV/AIDS and their family carers: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial
title_fullStr An educational intervention to reduce pain and improve pain management for Malawian people living with HIV/AIDS and their family carers: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial
title_full_unstemmed An educational intervention to reduce pain and improve pain management for Malawian people living with HIV/AIDS and their family carers: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial
title_short An educational intervention to reduce pain and improve pain management for Malawian people living with HIV/AIDS and their family carers: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial
title_sort educational intervention to reduce pain and improve pain management for malawian people living with hiv/aids and their family carers: study protocol for a randomised controlled trial
topic HIV/AIDS
Trial
Pain
Carers
Educational intervention
Palliative care
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