Smartphone App Education pertaining to Patient Controlled Analgesia Use and Pain Management after Spinal Anesthesia for Lower Extremity under Orthopedic Surgery.
10.7739/jkafn.2017.24.4.255
- Author:
Choon Ae KIM
1
;
Hyoung Sook PARK
Author Information
1. Graduate School, College of Nursing, Pusan National University, Yangsan, Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Mobile application;
Analgesia;
Patient-controlled analgesia;
Knowledge;
Pain management
- MeSH:
Analgesia;
Analgesia, Patient-Controlled*;
Anesthesia, Spinal*;
Busan;
Education*;
Humans;
Lower Extremity*;
Methods;
Mobile Applications;
Orthopedics*;
Pain Management*;
Passive Cutaneous Anaphylaxis;
Smartphone*;
Statistics as Topic
- From:Journal of Korean Academy of Fundamental Nursing
2017;24(4):255-264
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
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Abstract:
PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to develop a smartphone app for use in patient controlled analgesia (PCA) education and to identify PCA knowledge and pain management following lower extremity orthopaedic surgery under spinal anesthesia in patients who received smartphone app education. METHODS: Participants were 150 patients in an orthopaedic hospital located in Busan. The measurement variables used in this study were PCA knowledge, pain management and pain level. For data analysis, SPSS/WIN 21.0 program was used in the analysis of the relation of frequencies. In addition, percentage, mean and standard deviation, t-test, ANOVA, Duncan, Pearson's correlation coefficients were also assessed. RESULTS: The score for knowledge regarding PCA was 4.27±1.64. The correlations between knowledge and pain management (button push times
