@article{3185065,
    title = "Cross-Correlation Among Visual Analog, Observational, and Behavioral
Pain Scales of Oncological Patients Undergoing Major Abdominal Surgery",
    author = "Kapritsou, Maria and Kalafati, Maria and Giannakopoulou, Margarita and and Korkolis, Dimitrios P. and Kaklamanos, Ioannis and Siskou, Tasoula and and Konstantinou, Evangelos A.",
    journal = "Journal of PeriAnesthesia Nursing",
    year = "2019",
    volume = "34",
    number = "4",
    pages = "774-778",
    publisher = "EXCERPTA MEDICA INC-ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC",
    issn = "1089-9472",
    doi = "10.1016/j.jopan.2018.11.008",
    keywords = "pain perception; oncological nurses; patient; surgery trauma; pain",
    abstract = "Purpose: To determine the perception of postoperative pain intensity
between nurses and oncology patients undergoing major abdominal surgery.
Design: A prospective cross-correlation study with 173 oncology patients
undergoing major abdominal surgery, such as hepatectomy or
pancreatectomy.
Methods: Postoperative pain intensity was evaluated by clinical pain
assessment tools such as critical-care pain observation tool (CPOT) and
behavioral pain scale (BPS) recorded by the researcher, whereas the
visual analog scale was completed by patients. Demographic and clinical
data were recorded.
Findings: The Cronbach's a for CPOT and BPS was alpha = 0.738 for each.
There was a significant correlation between CPOT and BPS (rho = 0.796, P
< .001), whereas the visual analog scale was correlated with CPOT and
BPS (rho = 0.351, P < .001 and rho = 0.352, P < .001, respectively),
showing that nurses did not underestimate patients' pain levels.
Conclusions: The management of postoperative pain intensity after major
abdominal surgery requires clinical comprehension by nurses to achieve
the reduction or suppression of pain."
}