Patient satisfaction with their pain management: The effect of provision of pain management advice

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Pain; Anaesthesiology - Pain management; Public Health - Health service research

• Registration Number: ACTRN12615000097549
• Lead Sponsor: Austin Hospital

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2015-02-04
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2020

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 470

Inclusion Criteria

Presentation to the emergency department for treatment
Age 18 years or more
Moderate or severe pain (triage pain score of at least 4)

Exclusion Criteria

Refusal to participate (by patient at follow up)
Triage category 1 (logistically difficult to obtain pain scores)
Significant illness/pain rendering pain scoring inappropriate
Inability to communicate a pain score (significant disability, severe illness, poor English)
Inability to follow up the patient (e.g. no telephone)

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Satisfaction with pain management. This will be collected using a 6 point ordinal scale (very dissatisfied - very satisfied)[48 hours post discharge from the emergency department]

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
nil[na]