Assessment of acute pain after surgery using a new tool
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: M848- Other disorders of continuity of bone
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
1. Patients undergoing surgical fixation of hip and femur fractures
2. Intact cognition to report pain
3. Able to understand the pain assessment tool
Exclusion Criteria
Exclusion criteria will be patients shifted to ICU for ventilator support, and patients unable to express the numeric rating scale due to physical disabilities or cognitive deficits.
Patients with preexisting pain in the operative site
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method To develop an individualised multidimensional pain assessment tool for acute postoperative painTimepoint: 24 hours before surgery and postoperative day 1
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method ilTimepoint: Nil