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  2. 6. Development of Strategic and Clinical Quality : Indicators in Postoperative Pain Management

    Author : Ewa Idvall; Elisabeth Hamrin; Fannie Gaston-Johansson; Linköpings universitet; []
    Keywords : quality indicators; health care; pain; postoperative; focus; MEDICINE; MEDICIN;

    Abstract : The aim of this thesis was to identify important aspects of surgical nursing care, designing strategic and clinical quality indicators in postoperative pain management, investigate content validity, develop and evaluate psychometric properties of an instrument to measure the indicators, test the applicability of the instrument and investigate patient and nurse assessment.To identify the important aspects of nursing care which might impact on quality of care in surgical wards, it was conducted 4 focus group interviews with clinical nurses (n=20). READ MORE

  4. 7. Acute postoperative and cancer-related pain management, Patients´ experiences and perceptions in relation to health-related quality of life and the multidimensionality of pain

    Author : Barbro Boström; Anestesiologi och intensivvård; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Anestesiologi; intensivvård; intensive care; Anaesthesiology; SF-36.; postoperative pain; Pain-o-Meter; perceptions; pain management; nursing care; Health-Related Quality of Life; American Pain Society; cancer-related pain; American Pain Society; MEDICINE;

    Abstract : This thesis describes patients in acute postoperative pain as well as patients with acute cancer-related pain in palliative care, and their experiences and perceptions of pain management in relation to HRQOL and the multidimensionality of pain. A combination of qualitative and quantitative methods was chosen. READ MORE

  5. 8. Postoperative pain management - predictors, barriers and outcome

    Author : Kerstin Wickström Ene; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; postoperative pain management; nursing; radical prostatectomy; epidural analgesia; intrathecal analgesia; anxiety and depression; healt-related quality of life; pain predictors;

    Abstract : Despite the availability of clinical practice guidelines, effective analgesics and new technologies for drug administration, the management of postoperative pain continues to remain problematic and unsatisfactory. Nurses play an important role in the pain management. READ MORE

  6. 9. Postoperative pain management after total hip arthroplasty. A focus on evidence, clinical practice and the individual patient’s pain response

    Author : Anja Geisler; Hälsofrämjande komplexa interventioner; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Total Hip Arthroplasty; Pain management; predictions; individual patient data; Postoperative pain; Total Hip Arthroplasty; Prediction; Multimodal non-opioid analgesics; Individual patient data;

    Abstract : Background: Patients experiencing high levels of pain after surgery remains a considerable clinical problem. Often, no consensus about the best analgesic treatment is present. The majority of clinical trials regarding postoperative pain, generally, target the average analgesic efficacy. READ MORE

  7. 10. Procedural and postoperative pain management in children : experiences, assessments and possibilities to reduce pain, distress and anxiety

    Author : Stefan Nilsson; Jönköping University; []
    Keywords : MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; Nursing; Omvårdnad; Integrated Caring Science;

    Abstract : Introduction Children’s visits to hospital are often connected with painfulexaminations and treatments. If these situations are associated withunsuccessful alleviation of pain, the children may develop distress, anxiety and even pain sensitization. READ MORE