Older adults' postoperative pain medication usage after total knee arthroplasty: A qualitative descriptive study

Journal of Opioid Management

Volumn 8, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 145-152

  Bremner, Samantha ^a,b   Webster, Fiona ^a   Katz, Joel ^c   Watt Watson, Judy ^d   McCartney, Colin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^c YORK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Analgesia; Medication adherence; Postoperative pain; Qualitative research; Total knee arthroplasty

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DESCRIPTIVE RESEARCH; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; POSTOPERATIVE ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE PAIN; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; TOTAL KNEE REPLACEMENT;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANALGESICS; ANALGESICS, OPIOID; ARTHROPLASTY, REPLACEMENT, KNEE; DATA INTERPRETATION, STATISTICAL; DRUG PRESCRIPTIONS; FAMILY; FEAR; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HUMANS; MALE; PAIN MANAGEMENT; PAIN, POSTOPERATIVE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PATIENT EDUCATION AS TOPIC; PATIENT SELECTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 84864769089     PISSN: 15517489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5055/jom.2012.0110     Document Type: Article

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