The nurse is caring for a patient to ease modifiable factors that contribute to pain. Which areas did the nurse focus on with this patient?

A) Age and gender
B) Anxiety and fear
C) Culture and ethnicity
D) Previous pain experiences and cognitive abilities

Modifiable Factors

Elements of an individual's lifestyle or environment that can be changed or controlled to improve health outcomes, such as diet or exercise habits.

Pain Contribution

The role or extent to which factors such as injury, disease, or emotional state add to an individual's experience of pain.

Anxiety And Fear

are emotional responses to perceived threats, with anxiety being an apprehension of future danger and fear a reaction to current danger, both affecting mental and physical well-being.