Research Progress in Chronic Pain Management in the Elderly
This article reviews the influencing factors,guidelines,and continuous quality improvement of chronic pain management in the elderly.The influencing factors include patients'own factors,nurses'factors,doctors'factors,factors of patients'relatives,factors of organizational policy and so on.Currently the practice and research of chronic pain management in the elderly is in the exploratory stage in our country.In the future it is necessary to develop and apply the guidelines for chronic pain management in the elderly on the basis of identifying the key influencing factors of chronic pain management in the elderly,and to explore continuous quality improvement in the clinical practice of chronic pain management in the elderly to improve the effectiveness of chronic pain management in the elderly and enhance patients'satisfaction with pain control.