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Patient Perception of Acute Pain Management: Data from Three Tertiary Care Hospitals
Joint Authors
Nasser, Soumana C.
Saad, Aline Hanna
Ramia, Elsy
Pascale, Salameh
Source
Issue
Vol. 2017, Issue 2017 (31 Dec. 2017), pp.1-12, 12 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2017-03-28
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
12
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
Introduction.
The primary objectives of this study were to assess patients’ description of their acute pain intensity; patients’ attitude towards their pain management during hospitalization; and their overall satisfaction with pain treatment.
Methodology.
A cross-sectional questionnaire-based study was conducted between October 2014 and March 2015 in three medical centers in Lebanon.
All participants’ responses were reported using descriptive statistics.
The association between categorical variables was evaluated using Pearson χ2 test or Fisher’s exact test where the expected cell count was < 5.
Results.
A total of 119 women on the maternity services and 177 patients on the orthopedic services were surveyed.
Around 50% of obstetric and 37% of orthopedic patients reported pain to be severe at its highest intensity.
In maternity and orthopedic patients, respectively, unfavorable practices included pain not being assessed prior to pain medication administration (19.3% and 30.5%), having to wait for ≥30 minutes before getting the pain medication (14.2% and 11.3%), and pain score not being documented on medical chart (95% and 93.2%).
Surprisingly, 94.1% of the maternity and 89.2% of orthopedic patients were satisfied to strongly satisfied with their pain management.
Conclusion.
Pre- and postoperative pain remain a prevalent problem that requires a consensus and joint efforts for improvement.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Ramia, Elsy& Nasser, Soumana C.& Pascale, Salameh& Saad, Aline Hanna. 2017. Patient Perception of Acute Pain Management: Data from Three Tertiary Care Hospitals. Pain Research and Management،Vol. 2017, no. 2017, pp.1-12.
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Modern Language Association (MLA)
Ramia, Elsy…[et al.]. Patient Perception of Acute Pain Management: Data from Three Tertiary Care Hospitals. Pain Research and Management No. 2017 (2017), pp.1-12.
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American Medical Association (AMA)
Ramia, Elsy& Nasser, Soumana C.& Pascale, Salameh& Saad, Aline Hanna. Patient Perception of Acute Pain Management: Data from Three Tertiary Care Hospitals. Pain Research and Management. 2017. Vol. 2017, no. 2017, pp.1-12.
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Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1197487