Prevalence, pain management and registration in Internal Medicine units
| Autor: | Belén Martín-Gil, María López Vallecillo, M. Fe Muñoz Moreno, Mercedes Fernández-Castro, Laura Muñoz-Alvaredo, José María Jiménez Pérez |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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medicine.medical_specialty Hospitalized patients Pain 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Pain control Clinical history Internal medicine Prevalence medicine Humans Pain Management 030212 general & internal medicine Pain Measurement 030504 nursing business.industry General Medicine Pain management Brief Pain Inventory Questionnaire Regimen Cross-Sectional Studies Public hospital Population study Female 0305 other medical science business |
| Zdroj: | Enfermería Clínica (English Edition). 30:275-281 |
| ISSN: | 2445-1479 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.enfcle.2018.11.002 |
| Popis: | Objective To analyse the prevalence and management of pain episodes, their evaluation and recording in internal medicine hospitalisation units in a third level public hospital of the regional health service of Castilla y Leon. Method A descriptive cross-sectional study. The study population comprised patients hospitalized in internal medicine units. Pain prevalence was detected by the Brief Pain Inventory questionnaire. The management of pain episodes was analysed as recorded in the clinical records. Results 83 patients were included, 73.5% of them reported pain and 67.2% did not know their analgesia regimen. More episodes of pain were identified in the women (P = .006) than in the men. The pharmacological administration was recorded in all cases; however, nurses recorded the episode in the clinical history of 29.5% of the patients. In no case, was the pain intensity or degree of relief recorded using the visual analogical scale. Conclusions There is evidence of a high prevalence of pain in hospitalized patients and deficiencies in the management of pain episodes by nurses, both in evaluation and recording. This implies the need for pain control protocols and the implementation of evidence-based best practice guidelines to provide nurses with the means and support for adequate pain management. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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