Pain Prevalence and Satisfaction with Pain Management in Inpatients: A Cross-Sectional Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Pain in hospitalized adults is underestimated and undervalued. The aim of this study was to evaluate pain prevalence and satisfaction with the hospital's pain management among patients attending a tertiary university hospital. Predictor factors of pain were also studied.

Methods

A prospective, cross-sectional study was carried out through a structured questionnaire given on one day to all hospitalized patients in a university hospital. Clinical data, such as personal history and analgesic treatment, were collected from medical records. Other variables related to pain (including intensity rated by the visual analogue scale as well as location and patient satisfaction measured by the numerical rating scale) were also obtained.

Results

Of the 274 surveyed pati

SUBMITTER: Becerra-Bolanos A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10743299 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature