Compliance with guidelines for postoperative pain management in infants and children
(2017) In International Journal of Healthcare Management 10(4). p.259-264- Abstract
Background: Postoperative pain is still often being inadequately assessed and/or recorded in infants and young children despite evidence-based guidelines. Objectives: This prospective, observational study in a paediatric postoperative ward at a Swedish university hospital was designed to evaluate interventional effects on pain management by briefly reminding nursing staff of corresponding local guidelines. Methods: Individual structured postoperative information on the first day and night after mainly otorhinolaryngeal or plastic surgery was obtained in 100 pediatric patients from on-site bedside observation protocols, patient records, and telephone interviews over two 5-week periods before and after a study intervention with brief... (More)
Background: Postoperative pain is still often being inadequately assessed and/or recorded in infants and young children despite evidence-based guidelines. Objectives: This prospective, observational study in a paediatric postoperative ward at a Swedish university hospital was designed to evaluate interventional effects on pain management by briefly reminding nursing staff of corresponding local guidelines. Methods: Individual structured postoperative information on the first day and night after mainly otorhinolaryngeal or plastic surgery was obtained in 100 pediatric patients from on-site bedside observation protocols, patient records, and telephone interviews over two 5-week periods before and after a study intervention with brief systematic information on local guideline contents. Results: The intervention was followed by significantly more assessments (P = 0.0012), hourly assessments (P < 0.0001), and use of validated tools for assessment (P < 0.0001) of pain intensity in out-hospital patients, but by no change in guardian satisfaction. There were non-significant corresponding changes in in-hospital patients. Conclusions: Bedside compliance with guidelines for postoperative pain management can be considerably improved in out-hospital (and possibly also in-hospital) paediatric patients by a structured brief reminder of existing guideline contents. Larger prospective studies are required to determine the importance of bedside compliance with clinical guidelines for postoperative comfort and safety in infants and children.
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- Dürango, Sofie ; Åkeson, Pia Karlsland LU ; Jonsson, Elin ; Nilsson, Eva LU and Åkeson, Jonas LU
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- 2017
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- Contribution to journal
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- published
- subject
- keywords
- Guideline, In-hospital, Management, Out-hospital, Outcome and process assessment, Pain, Patient satisfaction, Patients, Postoperative care
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- International Journal of Healthcare Management
- volume
- 10
- issue
- 4
- pages
- 259 - 264
- publisher
- Maney Publishing
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- scopus:84996565296
- ISSN
- 2047-9700
- DOI
- 10.1080/20479700.2015.1114710
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- yes
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- 5dfebe65-6baa-458a-b986-3cf82124584c
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- 2016-12-12 07:48:15
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- 2022-04-24 20:02:34
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abstract = {{<p>Background: Postoperative pain is still often being inadequately assessed and/or recorded in infants and young children despite evidence-based guidelines. Objectives: This prospective, observational study in a paediatric postoperative ward at a Swedish university hospital was designed to evaluate interventional effects on pain management by briefly reminding nursing staff of corresponding local guidelines. Methods: Individual structured postoperative information on the first day and night after mainly otorhinolaryngeal or plastic surgery was obtained in 100 pediatric patients from on-site bedside observation protocols, patient records, and telephone interviews over two 5-week periods before and after a study intervention with brief systematic information on local guideline contents. Results: The intervention was followed by significantly more assessments (P = 0.0012), hourly assessments (P < 0.0001), and use of validated tools for assessment (P < 0.0001) of pain intensity in out-hospital patients, but by no change in guardian satisfaction. There were non-significant corresponding changes in in-hospital patients. Conclusions: Bedside compliance with guidelines for postoperative pain management can be considerably improved in out-hospital (and possibly also in-hospital) paediatric patients by a structured brief reminder of existing guideline contents. Larger prospective studies are required to determine the importance of bedside compliance with clinical guidelines for postoperative comfort and safety in infants and children.</p>}},
author = {{Dürango, Sofie and Åkeson, Pia Karlsland and Jonsson, Elin and Nilsson, Eva and Åkeson, Jonas}},
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language = {{eng}},
number = {{4}},
pages = {{259--264}},
publisher = {{Maney Publishing}},
series = {{International Journal of Healthcare Management}},
title = {{Compliance with guidelines for postoperative pain management in infants and children}},
url = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/20479700.2015.1114710}},
doi = {{10.1080/20479700.2015.1114710}},
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year = {{2017}},
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