Pain Measurement and Pain Management in the Intensive Care Unit(ICU)
- Conditions
- Critically Ill Patients
- Interventions
- Other: A Pain training program and pain measurement
- Registration Number
- NCT00773045
- Lead Sponsor
- St. Antonius Hospital
- Brief Summary
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effect of a pain training program and systematic measurement of pain scores on actual pain levels and the use of analgesics in critically ill patients.
- Detailed Description
Systematic evaluation of pain, though still not common practice in all ICUs, is recommended in clinical practice guidelines for optimal pain management. Pain is a frequently experienced problem in patients in the Intensive Care Unit(ICU). In search of literature to support the need for introduction of a pain management system and to train the entire health staff in our department little information was found concerning the effects of pain training and pain management systems in the ICU. The small number of available studies may be explained by the difficulty of systematic pain measurement in ICU patients, mainly due to the inability to communicate effectively with these patients.
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 190
- All patients admitted to the ICU of the St. Antonius hospital, >18 years old.
- Patients who are suspected to be brain-dead
Study & Design
- Study Type
- OBSERVATIONAL
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description pain training program A Pain training program and pain measurement ICU Patients treated with or without pain management protocol
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Pain scores using the numerical rating scale, rated by the attending nurse and by the patient if possible. 3 times a day
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Pneumonia ICU stay Dose of all pain medication (morphine, paracetamol) per patient 24 hr 30 day Mortality within 30 days Length of stay in the ICU ICU stay