Abstract

1.The prevalence of LDD is commonly in the Chinese patients who were female, employed as laborer, suffered from pre-surgery back and legs pain, and had hypertension.

2.LDD patients had suffered from high levels of pain intensity and poor quality of life before they came to doctors for lumbar spine surgery.

Author Details

Shu-Fen Su, PhD, RN, Department of Nursing, National Taichung University of Science and Technology, Taichung City, Taiwan; Meng-Shan Wu, MSc, RN, NP, Department of Nursing, Taichung Tzu Chi Hospital, Buddhist Tzu Chi Medical Foundation., Taichung City, Taiwan

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Lambda Beta at-Large

Lead Author Affiliation

National Taichung University of Science and Technology, Taichung, Taiwan||Taichung Tzu Chi Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan

Type

Poster

Format Type

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Keywords:

Lumbar Spine Degenerative Diseases, Pain, Quality of Life

Conference Name

29th International Nursing Research Congress

Conference Host

Sigma Theta Tau International

Conference Location

Melbourne, Australia

Conference Year

2018

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Pain and quality of life of Chinese patients with lumbar spine degenerative diseases

Melbourne, Australia

1.The prevalence of LDD is commonly in the Chinese patients who were female, employed as laborer, suffered from pre-surgery back and legs pain, and had hypertension.

2.LDD patients had suffered from high levels of pain intensity and poor quality of life before they came to doctors for lumbar spine surgery.