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What do patients understand about methods of pain relief after surgery?

Patientsâ?? experience with epidural analgesia: A questionnaire survey

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Observational
Source
CTRI
Registry ID
CTRI/2014/06/004705
Enrollment
300
Registered
2014-06-26
Start date
Unknown
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2021-11-24

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Health Condition 1: null- â?¢ Adult patients undergoing epidural catheter insertion for surgical procedures. Patients with failed catheter insertions will also be included

Interventions

Intervention1: Nil: Nil Control Intervention1: Nil: Nil

Sponsors

Nil
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Adult patients undergoing epidural catheter insertion for surgical procedures. Patients with failed catheter insertions will also be included

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: • Refusal to participate • Epidural catheters inserted under general anaesthesia • Patients on mechanical ventilation for more than 24 hours after surgery

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
The primary outcomes will be to identify percentage of patients who have: 1. Moderate â?? severe discomfort during epidural catheter insertion 2. Poor to average pain relief with epidural analgesia 3. Complications related to use of epidural Timepoint: 1. 24 hours after surgery 2. Day 5 or discharge, whichever is earlier—

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
to identify factors (patientâ??s educational status, pre-operative knowledge, factors related to the epidural catheter insertion) associated with patient discomfort during insertion or after surgeryTimepoint: at day 5 after surgery—

Countries

India

Contacts

Public ContactDeepak Chavan

Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai

dr.deepak016@gmail.com09730585988

Outcome results

None listed

Source: CTRI (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026