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Nurses’ Assessments Versus Patients’ Self-Assessments of Postoperative Pain: Knowledge and Skills of Nurses for Effective Pain Management

Postoperative pain is the most common form of acute pain. Nurses contribute to effective pain management with their knowledge and skills. The aims of this research were to examine differences between nurses’ assessments and patients’ self-assessments of postoperative pain, differences in the mention...

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Autores principales: Kadović, Marija, Ćorluka, Stipe, Dokuzović, Stjepan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10178430/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37174196
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20095678
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author Kadović, Marija
Ćorluka, Stipe
Dokuzović, Stjepan
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description Postoperative pain is the most common form of acute pain. Nurses contribute to effective pain management with their knowledge and skills. The aims of this research were to examine differences between nurses’ assessments and patients’ self-assessments of postoperative pain, differences in the mentioned (self) assessments with respect to characteristics of both groups of respondents, and the correlation between the NRS and the VRS scale. The study included 103 nurses employed at a hospital and 103 patients treated in the surgical departments after the surgical procedures. Data were collected using the standardized Numerical rating scale (NRS) and Verbal rating score (VRS). The median of patients’ self-assessments of pain intensity on the NRS scale was 4, while the nursing assessment of patients’ pain was 3, with no significant difference (p = 0.083). No significant differences were found on the VRS scale between nurse assessments and patient self-assessments of current pain intensity. The pain was described as moderate by 35% of participants, including 35.9% nurses and 35% patients. Significant positive correlations were recorded between values on the VRS and NRS scales for nurses (Rho = 0.812; p < 0.001) and patients (Rho = 0.830; p < 0.001). The results of this study may have implications for the improvement of postoperative pain management protocols, with regular use of pain assessment scales and individualization of analgesic prescriptions.
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spelling pubmed-101784302023-05-13 Nurses’ Assessments Versus Patients’ Self-Assessments of Postoperative Pain: Knowledge and Skills of Nurses for Effective Pain Management Kadović, Marija Ćorluka, Stipe Dokuzović, Stjepan Int J Environ Res Public Health Article Postoperative pain is the most common form of acute pain. Nurses contribute to effective pain management with their knowledge and skills. The aims of this research were to examine differences between nurses’ assessments and patients’ self-assessments of postoperative pain, differences in the mentioned (self) assessments with respect to characteristics of both groups of respondents, and the correlation between the NRS and the VRS scale. The study included 103 nurses employed at a hospital and 103 patients treated in the surgical departments after the surgical procedures. Data were collected using the standardized Numerical rating scale (NRS) and Verbal rating score (VRS). The median of patients’ self-assessments of pain intensity on the NRS scale was 4, while the nursing assessment of patients’ pain was 3, with no significant difference (p = 0.083). No significant differences were found on the VRS scale between nurse assessments and patient self-assessments of current pain intensity. The pain was described as moderate by 35% of participants, including 35.9% nurses and 35% patients. Significant positive correlations were recorded between values on the VRS and NRS scales for nurses (Rho = 0.812; p < 0.001) and patients (Rho = 0.830; p < 0.001). The results of this study may have implications for the improvement of postoperative pain management protocols, with regular use of pain assessment scales and individualization of analgesic prescriptions. MDPI 2023-04-28 /pmc/articles/PMC10178430/ /pubmed/37174196 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20095678 Text en © 2023 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Nurses’ Assessments Versus Patients’ Self-Assessments of Postoperative Pain: Knowledge and Skills of Nurses for Effective Pain Management
title Nurses’ Assessments Versus Patients’ Self-Assessments of Postoperative Pain: Knowledge and Skills of Nurses for Effective Pain Management
title_full Nurses’ Assessments Versus Patients’ Self-Assessments of Postoperative Pain: Knowledge and Skills of Nurses for Effective Pain Management
title_fullStr Nurses’ Assessments Versus Patients’ Self-Assessments of Postoperative Pain: Knowledge and Skills of Nurses for Effective Pain Management
title_full_unstemmed Nurses’ Assessments Versus Patients’ Self-Assessments of Postoperative Pain: Knowledge and Skills of Nurses for Effective Pain Management
title_short Nurses’ Assessments Versus Patients’ Self-Assessments of Postoperative Pain: Knowledge and Skills of Nurses for Effective Pain Management
title_sort nurses’ assessments versus patients’ self-assessments of postoperative pain: knowledge and skills of nurses for effective pain management
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10178430/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37174196
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20095678
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