[Patients' viewpoints concerning post surgical pain management]

ABSTRACT

Pain is one of the most usual facts and events in human's life. It has been one of the main concerns of human in his life so that he has always tried to diagnose and manage that. Knowing about, fighting with it, treating and relieving it are among the key responsibilities of health car staffs. They should screen patients, evaluate their pain and tread them appropriately. This study has tried to define patients' viewpoints concerning the assessment, management and evaluation concerning pain management. This is a descriptive study. There were 100 subjects selected through convenient sampling in Isfahan Medical University hospital. The data were collected by a questionnaire and analysed through SPSS soffware. The findings showed that 92% of the patients were in pain after surgery, 81% nedded pain killers to relieve their pain of whom 80% had their pain relieved. The findings also reported 85% of the patients were satisfied with their given services concerning pain management. Meanwhile, 15% were dissatisfied with the services. Although, based on the findings of the research, post surgical pain had been managed and relieved, it had not been assessed and evaluated well after management, reported by the subjects: