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A quasi-experimental nursing study on pain in comatose patients
Gunnar Glauco de Cunto Taets1, Nébia Maria Almeida de Figueiredo2
1Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Departamento de Fundamentos de Enfermagem. Macaé-RJ, Brasil.
Objective::
to verify whether comatose patients feel pain during the bed bath nursing procedure.
Method::
nineteen patients aged 61 ± 17.39 years participated in the study. A quantitative analysis was conducted on the P substance (PS) in the saliva collected before and during a bed bath, using the ELISA method. Program Graph Pad Prisma 6 was used to analyze the data. The verification of normality was made through the Shapiro Wilk test, which determined the choice for the Wilcoxon nonparametric test.
Results::
the study showed a statistically significant increase (∆= 5.62%, p<0.001) in the PS level of the patients studied during the nursing procedure.
Conclusion::
when caring for comatose patients during a bed bath, professionals cause or add painful stimuli; therefore, they feel pain.
