How Well Ethiopian Parents Assess and Manage Their Children's Postoperative Pain: Descriptive Correlational Study

Completed

• Conditions: Parent; Hospital; Pain; Ethiopia

• Registration Number: NCT06567171
• Lead Sponsor: Wachemo University

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2024-8-12
• Last Update Posted: 2 September 2024

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: Not specified

Inclusion Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:<br><br> - Parents whose children are receiving elective surgical procedures<br><br> - age between the ages of two and twelve in year<br><br> - The legal parents' fluency in the local language in speaking, writing, and reading,<br><br> - lack of a diagnosis of any visual, auditory, sensory, or other illness<br><br>Exclusion Criteria:<br><br>Children with<br><br> - ASA classifications III or IV,<br><br> - significant developmental delays,<br><br> - chronic illnesses<br><br> - premature births,<br><br> - underlying chronic pain conditions (e.g., diabetes)<br><br> - a medical history of multiple painful experiences (e.g., malignancies)

Exclusion Criteria

Not provided

Study & Design

• Study Type: Observational
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
To evaluate the quality of parents management of children's pain in postoperative period using observational tools called PURPS (Parental use of pain relief strategy) and PPPM (Parental postoperative pain measure)