Pain Relief in the Emergency Department Waiting Room: a Prevalence Study

Antalgie à l'Accueil Des Urgences- étude de prévalence

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT03115684

Enrollment

2371

Registered

2017-04-14

Start date

2016-03-01

Completion date

2016-05-30

Last updated

2017-04-14

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Conditions

Acute Pain

Brief summary

Pain in the emergency room is under documented and pain relief suboptimal. Data on nurse driven analgesia in emergency department waiting rooms is lacking. The primary objective of this study is to determine the proportion of patients in pain receiving pain therapy administered by the triage nurse (prevalence study). The secondary objectives are to 1) describe nursing practices in analgesia and adherence to the dedicated protocol; 2) to determine the factors associated with the non administration of painkillers and for these factors, to estimate the strength of the association

Interventions

None listed

Study design

Observational model

OTHER

Time perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

16 Years to No maximum

Inclusion criteria

* Documented pain score on arrival by the triage nurse and * Patients having to wait in the ER waiting room

Exclusion criteria

* patients directly admitted to the consultation room * patients for whom pain was not recorded

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Proportion of patients receiving pain medicine in the ER waiting room by the triage nurse after pain documentation	3 month

Outcome results