Patient satisfaction with post-operative pain management and associated factors among surgical patients at Tikur Anbessa Specialized Hospital: Cross-sectional study

BACKGROUND: Patient satisfaction with postoperative pain management is a vital tool for measuring the quality of care in health centers, which associated with the care process and care outcome. There is still few evidence on factor for patient satisfaction with postoperative pain management. OBJECTIVE: These study aimed to assess magnitude of Patient satisfaction with post-operative pain management and associated factors among surgical patients at Tikur Anbessa Specialized Hospital, from Feb 1- Apr 30, 2021. METHOD: Institutional based cross-sectional study was conducted among 335 adult patients using a systematic random sampling technique. Data were collected through structured questionnaires based on the modified APS-POQ to obtain responses from the patients. Both bivariable and multivariable logistic regression analysis was done to evaluate the association. P-value less than 0.05 was considered as statistically significant. RESULT: The find of this study revealed that 74.5% of patients were satisfied with overall pain management services. Patients with ASA I (AOR = 2.3; 95%CI: (1.06–5.08), received multimodal analgesics (AOR 4.30; 95% CI: (2.02–9.18), no perceived pain (AOR = 6.7; 95% CI: (1.54–29.7), had pain discussion (AOR = 8.9; 95% CI: (3.67–21.90) and waiting for analgesia service less than 30 min (AOR = 6.3; 95% CI: (1.34–29.58) were more satisfied. CONCLUSION: The study shows that patient satisfaction with postoperative pain management was low in our setup compared to many studies. Thus, there is a need to improve the quality of pain management services in the study area.