Patient Satisfaction With a Nurse-Led Pain Management Program: A Quasi-Experimental Study in Ethiopia.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Patient satisfaction is one of the important indicators of quality care.

Objective

To examine patient ratings of pain management satisfaction before and after introducing a nurse-led management program.

Methods

A quasi-experimental design with three cross-sectional surveys between October 1, 2016 and June 15, 2017. A total of 845 patients admitted to the four inpatient departments (medicine, surgery, maternity, and gynecology) of Jimma University Medical Centre were invited to participate in the study. A questionnaire adapted from the American Pain Society Patient Outcome Questionnaire, Pain Treatment Satisfaction Scale, and related literature was used for the survey. Data were analyzed using the chi-square test (categorical variables), t-tests for

SUBMITTER: Germossa GN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9709183 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan-Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature