Survey of Postoperative Pain and Pain Management in Norwegian Hospitals

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT01413724

Enrollment

300

Registered

2011-08-10

Start date

2010-06-30

Completion date

2010-06-30

Last updated

2016-08-03

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Conditions

Pain, Postoperative

Keywords

Administered analgesic therapy

Brief summary

The study is a national survey of pain and pain management to surgical patients in Norwegian Hospitals. Data on pain management are gathered from patient records and data on pain and patient satisfaction are gathered as patients' self report.

Interventions

None listed

Study design

Observational model

COHORT

Time perspective

CROSS_SECTIONAL

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* Surgery previous day

Exclusion criteria

* Declined participation * Unable to communicate (delirious, sedated, intubated) * Does not read and speak Norwegian * Patient not available (for instance having physiotherapy og examinations during data collection)

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
pain	24 hours	Proportion of patients who report average pain intensity \>3 on 11 point pain Numerical Rating scale for the first 24 hours after surgery

Outcome results