Are non-pharmacological nursing interventions for the management of pain effective? - A meta-analysis

Journal of Advanced Nursing

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 1152-1159

  Sindhu, Fahera ^a,b,c,d  

^a LEWISHAM AND GREENWICH NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^b ROYAL COLLEGE OF NURSING   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^d National Audit Office   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; HUMAN; META ANALYSIS; NURSING; PAIN; PAIN ASSESSMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

HUMANS; PAIN; PAIN MEASUREMENT; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 0030330194     PISSN: 03092402     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2648.1996.tb01020.x     Document Type: Article

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