TY - JOUR
TI - Cross-Correlation Among Visual Analog, Observational, and Behavioral
Pain Scales of Oncological Patients Undergoing Major Abdominal Surgery
AU - Kapritsou, Maria
AU - Kalafati, Maria
AU - Giannakopoulou, Margarita and
AU - Korkolis, Dimitrios P.
AU - Kaklamanos, Ioannis
AU - Siskou, Tasoula and
AU - Konstantinou, Evangelos A.
JO - Journal of PeriAnesthesia Nursing
PY - 2019
VL - 34
TODO - 4
SP - 774-778
PB - EXCERPTA MEDICA INC-ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
SN - 1089-9472
TODO - 10.1016/j.jopan.2018.11.008
TODO - pain perception; oncological nurses; patient; surgery trauma; pain
TODO - 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.
ER -