A qualitative study of the psychological processes in patients with post-herpetic neuralgia
Abstract
Objective
To understand the psychological process of patients with post-herpetic neuralgia (PHN) and provide references for the psychological management of PHN.
Methods
The objective sampling method was used to conduct semi-structural in-depth interviews on 10 PHN patients, and Colaizzi's phenomenological analysis method was used for data analysis.
Results
According to the different pain durations of PHN patients, the patients were divided into three stages and five themes were extracted: the need for strong pain relief, the helpless tolerance of pain, the self-feeling burden, the need for health education, and the positive response to pain.
Conclusions
PHN has complex psychological activities, so it is necessary to pay attention to the psychological process of patients and take effective psychological measures to intervene negative psychology so that patients can actively cope with the pain.
© 2021 Jun Wu, Zhi-Lan Yang, published by Shanxi Medical Periodical Press
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 License.