Evaluation of art making activity as a pain management strategy for older adults and their experience using an art making intervention

Kyung Soo Kim; Maichou Lor; Barbara Rakel

doi:10.1016/j.gerinurse.2023.01.007

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Evaluation of art making activity as a pain management strategy for older adults and their experience using an art making intervention

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Evaluation of art making activity as a pain management strategy for older adults and their experience using an art making intervention

Kyung Soo Kim, Maichou Lor and Barbara Rakel

Geriatric nursing (New York), Vol.50, pp.109-116

03/2023

DOI: 10.1016/j.gerinurse.2023.01.007

PMID: 36774677

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Abstract

•A newly developed art making intervention was appropriate for older persons.•Art making was a diversional activity, distracting older persons from their pain.•Visual art making activities were suitable for older persons with chronic pain. Chronic pain is a common and bothersome experience for older adults. Consequently, pain management is critical to maintaining their function and well-being. Art making, a non-pharmacological approach, has gained empirical support and is used for functional and cognitive improvement in older adults. However, it has rarely been used to manage chronic pain. The purpose of this descriptive qualitative study was to understand older adults’ experience using a newly designed art making intervention and its influence on their pain. Overall, 11 older adults used the intervention and reported its quality to be appropriate. Moreover, older adults reported that art making was an engaging, diversional activity which reduced their pain severity and improved their mood. The findings of this study will be used to inform a future pilot study to assess the impact of art making on pain management in older adults with chronic pain.

Art making

Chronic pain

Older adults

Pain management

Qualitative

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Title: Subtitle: Evaluation of art making activity as a pain management strategy for older adults and their experience using an art making intervention
Creators: Kyung Soo Kim - University of Iowa
Maichou Lor - University of Wisconsin–Madison
Barbara Rakel - University of Iowa
Resource Type: Journal article
Publication Details: Geriatric nursing (New York), Vol.50, pp.109-116
Publisher: Elsevier Inc
DOI: 10.1016/j.gerinurse.2023.01.007
PMID: 36774677
ISSN: 0197-4572
eISSN: 1528-3984
Language: English
Date published: 03/2023
Academic Unit: Nursing; Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Science
Record Identifier: 9984696757402771

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