Introduction
The starting point of any research is to identify the area of interest and to understand the design that is best suited to answer the question posed, therefore the aim is to focus on the nurse’s knowledge and views on pain management after total knee replacement (TKR), factors will include patient’s views and why they are important to researchers in evaluating the data to improve patient satisfaction. (Howells et al, 2016; Mackichan et al, 2015).
Total knee replacement is an effective intervention that relieves chronic pain and helps to restore mobility often caused by osteoarthritis (OA) (Wylde et al, 2007). According to Arthritis UK (2016), OA is a painful condition which damages the joints, restricting mobility. Statistics …show more content…
Various databases will be explored to help prepare for the literature review, the databases included in the search was the university electronic library Discover, which will link into Athens allowing me to review various databases which include EBSCO: CINAHL, Medline, Scopus and Inter-nurse the inclusion criteria include quantitative and qualitative research in pain management; nurses approach to pain, knowledge and barriers to post-operative pain including nurse and patient views. The time frame will be in between 2012-2017, articles not within this time frame and UK based will be excluded from the search. The literature being reviewed will examine a quantitative study on persistent pain after TKR and factors associated with patient’s dissatisfaction and a qualitative study with health care professional’s views on patient’s experience of long term pain after …show more content…
A quantitative non-experimental approach used by Howells et al, (2016) focused on patient’s experiences of chronic pain after TKR and the impact it may have on patient dissatisfaction. The applied research categorised patients that where pain free and experiencing pain, the use of questionnaires and one-hour clinical examination was applied to all patients while being observed by the researcher and the use of numerical data generated the
The starting point of any research is to identify the area of interest and to understand the design that is best suited to answer the question posed, therefore the aim is to focus on the nurse’s knowledge and views on pain management after total knee replacement (TKR), factors will include patient’s views and why they are important to researchers in evaluating the data to improve patient satisfaction. (Howells et al, 2016; Mackichan et al, 2015).
Total knee replacement is an effective intervention that relieves chronic pain and helps to restore mobility often caused by osteoarthritis (OA) (Wylde et al, 2007). According to Arthritis UK (2016), OA is a painful condition which damages the joints, restricting mobility. Statistics …show more content…
Various databases will be explored to help prepare for the literature review, the databases included in the search was the university electronic library Discover, which will link into Athens allowing me to review various databases which include EBSCO: CINAHL, Medline, Scopus and Inter-nurse the inclusion criteria include quantitative and qualitative research in pain management; nurses approach to pain, knowledge and barriers to post-operative pain including nurse and patient views. The time frame will be in between 2012-2017, articles not within this time frame and UK based will be excluded from the search. The literature being reviewed will examine a quantitative study on persistent pain after TKR and factors associated with patient’s dissatisfaction and a qualitative study with health care professional’s views on patient’s experience of long term pain after …show more content…
A quantitative non-experimental approach used by Howells et al, (2016) focused on patient’s experiences of chronic pain after TKR and the impact it may have on patient dissatisfaction. The applied research categorised patients that where pain free and experiencing pain, the use of questionnaires and one-hour clinical examination was applied to all patients while being observed by the researcher and the use of numerical data generated the