The Fear of Pain in Hospitalized Patients in Medical and Surgical Departments

Authors : Hatice DEMİRAĞ, Sevilay HİNTİSTAN, Esin SEVGİ DOĞAN, Meral FİDAN UÇAN

Pages : 22-33

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Publication Date : 2023-04-25

Article Type : Research Paper

Abstract :Aim: This study was conducted to determine the pain fear levels of patients hospitalized in internal medicine and surgery clinics. Methods: The sample of this descriptive and cross-sectional study consisted of 302 patients who received inpatient treatment in the internal and surgical clinics of a public hospital between August and October 2018. The data were collected with “Patient Identification Form” and “Fear of Pain Questionnaire-III”. Mean standard deviation, number-percentage, Pearson correlation analysis, independent samples test, one-way ANOVA were used in statistical analysis. Results: The mean age of the patients was 46.12±1.05 years. 58.3% of them were women. Their average scores of Fear of Pain Questionnaire-III were 76.72 ± 20.61. The average scores of the questionnaire were found as 76.66±20.10 in internal clinics and 76.82±21.61 in surgical clinics. It was no found a significant difference insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(p>0.05); between their average scores of Fear of Pain Questionnaire-III and subscale of the questionnaire according to the clinics. It was stated that a significant negative correlation insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(r=-0.124; p<0.05); was between age and pain fear. And, it was found that level of pain fear in women was higher than level of pain fear in men insert ignore into journalissuearticles values(p<0.05);. Conclusion: According to the findings obtained from this study; there was no significant difference between total scores of fear of pain of inpatient treatment in internal medicine and surgical clinics. It is recommended that this study be repeated in different sample groups.
Keywords : Ağrı, Korku, Hasta