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Pain in Hospital: A Real-Word Data Analysis.

Virginie Claivaz¹, Malik Benmachiche², Zeina Santoro²

¹Clinical Nurse Specialist, Valais Hospital, Sion, Switzerland.

|February 28, 2025

Summary

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Pain is prevalent in Swiss university hospitals, with nearly one-fifth experiencing severe pain. Medical wards showed a higher likelihood of severe pain, highlighting the need for personalized pain monitoring.

Keywords:

hospital medicine pain pain assessment pain management prevalence

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Area of Science:

Pain management research
Hospitalized patient care
Clinical nursing practices

Background:

Pain remains a significant challenge in hospital settings despite advancements.
Effective pain management relies heavily on accurate assessment, which is often insufficient.
Nurses play a crucial role in the daily management of patient pain.

Purpose of the Study:

To determine the prevalence of pain among patients in a Swiss university hospital.
To describe pain assessment practices and associated patient characteristics.
To identify factors influencing severe pain in medical and surgical wards.

Main Methods:

A monocentric correlational descriptive study design was employed.
Secondary analysis of 22,987 computerized health records from medical and surgical wards.
Data collected between November 1, 2017, and March 31, 2019.

Main Results:

High prevalence of pain was observed in both medical and surgical units.
Approximately 20% of patients experienced severe pain during their hospital stay.
Severe pain was more likely in medical wards, though pain presence was not associated with ward type.

Conclusions:

Personalized and close pain monitoring is recommended to prevent severe pain.
The findings underscore the need for improved pain assessment and management strategies.
Targeted interventions in medical wards may be beneficial for pain control.