Effects of Pain-Reporting Education Program on Children's Pain Reports-Results From a Randomized Controlled Post-operative Pediatric Pain Trial.

ABSTRACT: Objective: Accurate assessment of patients' pain is an essential part of adequate analgesic treatment. Although reporting pain is a complex task, limited-to-no instructions are provided to pediatric patients regarding this process. Our goal in this randomized parallel-group clinical trial (Clinicaltrial.gov study protocol number NCT04306679) was to evaluate if a training program designed to improve children's ability to understand and use pain scales in a post-surgical setting would affect their pain scores. Methods: Eligible children (aged 8-17), hospitalized for elective surgery and their parents were randomized into two groups. Pre-surgery the intervention group underwent a multi-media program aimed to teach and train how to report pain. The control group received standard

SUBMITTER: Zontag D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8298899 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature