Evaluation of pain management in Dutch burn centers
- Conditions
- brandwondenBurnsburns wounds
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON33278
- Lead Sponsor
- Rode Kruis Ziekenhuis
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 150
Inclusion criteria are: adults with burns (18 years and older), with a minimal Total Burned Surface Area of 1%, admitted at one of the three Dutch burn centres with a minimal duration of 48 hours and able to give self-reports of their pain intensity.
Unsufficient understanding of Dutch language is the main exclusion criterium. Patients with a hospitalization period less than 48 hours, with severe mental problems (chronic and acute psychoses), with inhalation injury only and patients who died as a result of the burn injury are excluded.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational non invasive
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>PAIN in the acute phase: Self-reported background and procedural pain (pain<br /><br>intensity, pain tolerance, discomfort) measured with a Visual Analogue<br /><br>Thermometer (VAT).<br /><br><br /><br>PAIN and associated characteristics in the post-hospital phase: self-reported<br /><br>paijn Brief pain Inventory (BPI), LANSS pain scale</p><br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>QUALITY of LIFE measured with the EQ-6D<br /><br><br /><br>PREDICTORS of pain</p><br>