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Characteristics of Pain and Palliative Care in Kerala
Aim The main objective of the study is to study the characteristics of Pain and Palliative Care in Kerala. Materials and Methods The respondents of the study include Pain and Palliative care patients in the State of Kerala. The sample consisted of 871 patients comprising of 471 males and 400 females...
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| Format: | Printed Book |
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International Journal of Physical and Social Sciences
2014
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| Online Access: | http://10.26.1.76/ks/005967.pdf |
| Summary: | Aim
The main objective of the study is to study the characteristics of Pain and Palliative Care in
Kerala.
Materials and Methods
The respondents of the study include Pain and Palliative care patients in the State of Kerala. The
sample consisted of 871 patients comprising of 471 males and 400 females. The data collected
were suitably classified and analyzed keeping in view the objectives of the study. For the
purpose of analysis, statistical tools like averages, percentages, rank test and Pearson‟s Chi
Square test were applied.
Results
Prescribing medicines was the major physical care provided by the doctors both to male and
female patients. The major physical care provided by the nurses to male patients included
„attending to the bed sore‟ and „changing clothes‟. „Giving medicines‟ was the major physical
care provided by the nurses to female patients.
The major physical care provided by the
volunteers to male patients included „bathing‟ and „Changing clothes‟. For female patients, the major physical care given by the volunteers was „giving medicines‟. Most of the male and
female patients opined that they did not require any service other than those provided by the
units and said that palliative care service was absolutely essential for the society |
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| Physical Description: | Volume 4, Issue 9 |