Pain assessment in intensive care units of a low-middle income country: impact of the basic educational course.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Patients admitted to ICU usually have moderate-to-severe pain at rest and during care-related activities. The "Critical Care Pain Observation Tool (CPOT)" is a reliable and validated objective assessment tool for those patients who cannot self-report pain in ICU. The objectives of the educational course were to assess the baseline knowledge, and practice of pain assessment in critically ill patients and reassess the same in all participants of the course by comparing the results of pre and post-test.

Methods

The educational course of six hours of contact time on the use of CPOT for pain assessment in ICU patients was designed and conducted by the authors after approval from the Ethics Review Committee, Aga Khan University. This educational course was delivered at

SUBMITTER: Siddiqui AS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10413711 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature