Implementation of the quality management system improves postoperative pain treatment: a prospective pre-/post-interventional questionnaire study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

An organizational approach is proposed as an immediate solution for improving postoperative pain (POP) management. The aim was to evaluate the clinical effectiveness of a quality management system (QMS), based on procedure-specific, multimodal analgesic protocols, modified to meet the individual patients' requirements.

Methods

Patients from the orthopaedic, gynaecological, visceral, and trauma surgery departments of the university hospital were involved in two prospective surveys. Survey 1 was performed at baseline and survey 2 was performed after the implementation of QMS within an interval of 1 year. The patients were asked to report pain intensity on the visual rating scale, incidence of analgesia-related side-effects, and incidence of pain interference with th

SUBMITTER: Usichenko TI 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3520148 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature