PATIENT SATISFACTION SURVEY - PAIN MANAGEMENT

Not Applicable

• Conditions: Health Condition 1: null- Patients who have undergone any of the following elective surgeries, such as Joint replacements, spine surgeries, Coronary artery bypass graft, Open abdominal surgery

• Registration Number: CTRI/2014/05/004620
• Lead Sponsor: Dr Balavenkat Subremanian

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Last Update Posted: 24 November 2021

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Open to Recruitment
• Sex: Not specified
• Target Recruitment: 1200

Inclusion Criteria

1. Male or female patients aged over 18 years

2. Patients who have undergone any of the following elective surgeries

Orthopedics: Joint replacements, spine surgeries (open back surgeries)

Cardiology: Coronary artery bypass graft (CABG)

Open abdominal surgery

3. Postoperative pain management requiring administration of analgesics either by

intravenous or epidural route.

4. Patients willing to provide an informed consent, to be signed either by themselves or by

their legal representative.

Exclusion Criteria

1. Patients <18 years of age

2. Patients with a history of allergy to analgesics

3. Refusal to sign informed consent forms

4. Patients undergoing surgical procedures other than those specified in the inclusion

criteria to be excluded

4. Patients undergoing minimal invasive surgeries such as but not limited to laparoscopy,

arthroscopy, endoscopy, orthoscopy shall be excluded

5. Patients with ASA grade 4 to be excluded

6. Patients undergoing emergency surgeries to be excluded

7. Patients undergoing psychiatry treatment to be excluded

8. Patients receiving antiepileptic medication

Study & Design

• Study Type: Observational
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Mean postoperative pain and patient satisfaction scores comparison at rest and ambulation between the different modalities of pain managementTimepoint: 24 Hours, 48 hours and 72 hours <br/ ><br>

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Caregiverâ??s perspective on difference in pain relief between the two groupsTimepoint: at 72 hours;Difference in amount of analgesic administered between the two groups (PCA Vs.non-PCA)Timepoint: 24 Hours, 48 hours and 72 hours <br/ ><br>;Difference in mean pain scores on pain scales and the patient satisfaction in the group receiving epidural route Vs. the IV routeTimepoint: 24 Hours, 48 hours and 72 hours;Difference in mean scores in patient satisfaction between the subgroups <br/ ><br>ï?§ IV PCA vs. IV non-PCA <br/ ><br>ï?§ Epidural PCA vs. Epidural non-PCATimepoint: 24 Hours, 48 hours and 72 hours