Pain Perception of Nurses and Pain Expression of Patients in Critical Care Units
Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing
; : 437-445, 2014.
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in Korean
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ABSTRACT
PURPOSE:
This study was done to identify pain perception (P-PER) by nurses and pain expression (P-EXP) by patients in critical care units (ICUs) and degree of agreement between nurses' P-PER and patients' P-EXP.METHODS:
Nurses' P-PER was measured with a self-administered questionnaire completed by 99 nurses working in ICUs during May, 2013. Patients' P-EXP was measured with the Critical Care Non-Verbal Pain Scale through observations of 31 ICU patients during nine nursing procedures (NPs) performed between May and July, 2013.RESULTS:
Nurses' P-PER was from 4.49 points for nasogastric tube (NGT) insertion to 0.83 for blood pressure (BP) measurement based on a 9-point scale, Patients' P-EXP was 4.48 points for NGT to 0.18 for BP measurement based on a 10-point scale. Eight NPs except oral care showed higher scores for nurses' P-PER than for patients' P-EXP. Position change (p=.019), subcutaneous injection (p<.001), blood sugar test (p<.001), and BP measurement (p<.001) showed significant differences between nurses' P-PER and patients' P-EXP.CONCLUSION:
Nasogastric tube (NGT) insertion was scored highest by both nurses and patients. Eight NPs except 'oral care' showed nurses' P-PER was higher or similar to patients' P-EXP, which indicates that nurses may overestimate procedural pain experienced by patients.
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WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Main subject:
Pain Measurement
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Surveys and Questionnaires
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Pain Perception
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Airway Extubation
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Intensive Care Units
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Intubation, Gastrointestinal
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Nursing Assessment
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Nursing Staff, Hospital
Type of study:
Prognostic study
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Qualitative research
Limits:
Adult
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Aged
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Language:
Korean
Journal:
Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing
Year:
2014
Document type:
Article