Pain Assessment: Benefits of Using Pain Scales for Surgical Patients in South Bohemian Hospitals

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Result on the web

<a href="https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9032/9/2/171/htm" target="_blank" >https://www.mdpi.com/2227-9032/9/2/171/htm</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/healthcare9020171" target="_blank" >10.3390/healthcare9020171</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Pain Assessment: Benefits of Using Pain Scales for Surgical Patients in South Bohemian Hospitals

Original language description

Pain is a medical and nursing problem that is common in surgical departments. Inadequate pain management can lead to patient distress, as well as extending the period in which the patient’s quality of life is reduced. The standardized SF-MPQ-2 questionnaire provides nurses with the opportunity to assess pain within a broader context. The aim of this descriptive and exploratory study was to describe the state of pain assessment in surgical patients in the South Bohemian Region and to highlight the benefits of using a standardized tool for proper pain assessment. The research was carried out using a quantitative survey within the South Bohemian Region (Czech Republic). The participants in the study were nurses working in surgical departments in hospitals in the region as well as hospitalized patients. The results show that nurses pay slightly more attention to pain assessments than doctors. We know that, generally, pain decreases with time after surgery. Nonetheless, returning pain, as well as continuous pain, can occur, both of which have an emotional component. The results of this study are directed at nurses and include a call for more effective pain management through improved assessment.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

30307 - Nursing

Project

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Continuities

S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach

Publication year

2021

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Healthcare

ISSN

2227-9032

e-ISSN

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Volume of the periodical

9

Issue of the periodical within the volume

2

Country of publishing house

CH - SWITZERLAND

Number of pages

12

Pages from-to

171

UT code for WoS article

000622585800001

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85104463894