Emergency department clinicians’ perceptions on the use of patient controlled analgesia in emergency departments

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Pain management; Patient controlled analgesia; Emergency medicine - Other emergency care; Anaesthesiology - Pain management; Public Health - Health service research

• Registration Number: ACTRN12619000479101
• Lead Sponsor: atasya Raja (PhD Candidate)

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Completion: 2018-05-09
• Study Start: 2019-03-22
• Last Update Posted: 15 July 2019

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 20

Inclusion Criteria

Interviews will be conducted with ED clinicians in nursing, medicine, and pharmacy disciplines at two participating EDs. This purposeful sample will have direct experience and involvement with opioid prescribing or preparation in an ED and thus are an important component of the multidisciplinary team; it is anticipated they will provide useful insight and expertise from different perspectives.

Phase three: surveys will be distributed to ED doctors and nurses in Australia and New Zealand via the peak professional colleges and associations of ED doctors and nurses.

Exclusion Criteria

No experience in pain management (prescribing analgesia, assessing pain, dispensing analgesia and/or administering analgesia)

Study & Design

• Study Type: Observational
• Study Design: Not specified