Improving perioperative pain management: a preintervention and postintervention study in 7 developing countries.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The burden of untreated postoperative pain is high.

Objective

This study assessed feasibility of using quality improvement (QI) tools to improve management of perioperative pain in hospitals in multiple developing countries.

Methods

The International Pain Registry and Developing Countries working groups, from the International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP), sponsored the project and PAIN OUT, a QI and research network, coordinated it, and provided the research tools. The IASP published a call about the project on its website. Principal investigators (PIs) were responsible for implementing a preintervention and postintervention study in 1 to 2 surgical wards in their hospitals, and they were free to choose the QI intervention. Trained surveyors

SUBMITTER: Zaslansky R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6370144 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jan-Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature