A Study for Assessing Pain Intensity and Investigating Factors of Satisfaction with Postoperative Pain Management.
- Author:
Jong Kyung LEE
1
Author Information
1. Department of Nursing, Dankook University, Korea. kyunglee@dku.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Patient-Controlled Analgesia;
Satisfaction with pain management
- MeSH:
Analgesia, Patient-Controlled;
Humans;
Nursing;
Pain Management;
Pain, Postoperative*;
Patient Satisfaction
- From:Journal of Korean Academy of Adult Nursing
2006;18(1):125-135
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
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Abstract:
PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to identify pain intensity according to activities over postoperative days and to identify factors of patient satisfaction with pain management after abdominal surgery. METHODS: The subjects were 123 patients who were admitted at a general surgical ward and had abdominal surgery from Mar. 2005 to June 2005. The collected data were analyzed using the SPSS 12.0 program. RESULTS: The average postoperative pain scores were 6.13 at POD 1, 5.46 at POD 2, and 4.22 at POD 3. In stepwise multiple regression analysis a total of 40% of variance in satisfaction with pain management was accounted for by pain intensity on POD 3 at rest (29.4%) and attitude toward using pain medicine (6.6%), and side effects of pain medicine (4.0%). CONCLUSION: According to the findings of this study, patients had inadequate pain management after abdominal surgery. Therefore, nurses need to provide educational programs focused on changing attitudes toward using pain medicine, to reduce side effects of pain medicine, and to develop nursing intervention for relieving pain.
