Session
Psychology
Description
Pain is unpleasant sensation, suffering or distress of the body or mind. This feeling impairs active life and and make you feel tired and tense. Pain often accompanies terminal patients affecting all aspects of life. In the cancer population, its prevalence is over 75% for those with advanced disease (Dahlia Rizk, 2017.). Techniques mainly used in Albania for pain management are those with medications, ranging from mild to severe such as morphine or other opiate family medications.
The purpose of this research is to investigate the services offered to terminal patients in Albania, in terms of pain management. The psychological approach to treating pain is lacking, affected not only by the mentality of the sick and their families, but also by the total (or few in number) lack of psychological services integrated into primary health care facilities.
Keywords:
pain, psychological counseling, terminal patients
Session Chair
Dashamir Berxulli, Violeta Zefi
Proceedings Editor
Edmond Hajrizi
ISBN
978-9951-550-19-2
First Page
35
Last Page
42
Location
Pristina, Kosovo
Start Date
26-10-2019 11:50 AM
End Date
26-10-2019 12:00 PM
DOI
10.33107/ubt-ic.2019.87
Recommended Citation
Panteqi, Ariola and Bejko, Armela Garpi, "Importance of psychological support in pain management in terminal patients" (2019). UBT International Conference. 87.
https://knowledgecenter.ubt-uni.net/conference/2019/events/87
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Importance of psychological support in pain management in terminal patients
Pristina, Kosovo
Pain is unpleasant sensation, suffering or distress of the body or mind. This feeling impairs active life and and make you feel tired and tense. Pain often accompanies terminal patients affecting all aspects of life. In the cancer population, its prevalence is over 75% for those with advanced disease (Dahlia Rizk, 2017.). Techniques mainly used in Albania for pain management are those with medications, ranging from mild to severe such as morphine or other opiate family medications.
The purpose of this research is to investigate the services offered to terminal patients in Albania, in terms of pain management. The psychological approach to treating pain is lacking, affected not only by the mentality of the sick and their families, but also by the total (or few in number) lack of psychological services integrated into primary health care facilities.