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Patrick A Bovier1, Agathe Charvet, Agatta Cleopas
1Quality of Care Unit, Geneva University Hospitals, Switzerland. patrick.bovier@hcuge.ch
Purpose:
Hospitalized patients commonly experience pain. We investigated the association between patients' reported use of recommended pain management practices and overall pain relief.
Methods:
All adult patients discharged during a 1-month period from a Swiss teaching hospital were invited to complete a mailed survey that included the Picker patient experience questionnaire, questions on pain relief during hospitalization, and questions on various procedures that are recommended as standards of pain management.
Results:
Of 2156 eligible patients, 1518 (70%) participated. Sixty-nine percent (n = 1050) had experienced pain during their hospital stay, of whom 71% (n = 697/978) reported complete pain relief. After adjustment for sex, age, general health, and hospital department, pain relief was associated independently with availability of physicians (odds ratio [OR] = 11; 95% confidence interval [CI]: 3.3 to 36 for excellent vs. poor availability), having received information about pain and its management (OR = 2.8; 95% CI: 1.8 to 4.2), regular pain assessment (OR = 1.8; 95% CI: 1.2 to 2.8), modification of pain treatment when ineffective (OR = 3.0; 95% CI: 1.6 to 5.6), and waiting less than 10 minutes for pain medications (OR = 3.5; 95% CI: 1.9 to 6.6).
Conclusion:
Patient reports that recommended pain management procedures had been used were associated with better self-reported pain relief among hospitalized patients.
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