A Prospective Multicentre Study to Improve Postoperative Pain: Identification of Potentialities and Problems.

ABSTRACT: Many studies still indicate insufficient pain management after surgery, e.g., in patients after small- or medium-size operations. Yet it is still uncertain if postoperative pain based on patient-related outcomes can be improved by implementing guideline-related programmes in a multicentre approach. Adult patients in six hospitals in one German city were included in this prospective study. Data collection took place twice in each hospital, once before and once after implementation of concepts and in-house training. Pain and pain-related aspects were assessed one day after surgery and compared between the pre- and post-test group including subgroup analysis of certain surgical procedures by using Student's t-tests, Mann-Whitney U tests and chi-square tests (alphatwo-tailed = 0.05). Overall,

SUBMITTER: Pogatzki-Zahn E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4658204 | biostudies-literature | 2015

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature