Elderly patient, age more than 64 years old, who has schedule for elective surgery and undergoing anesthesia, general anesthesia or regional anesthesia. Numeric rating scale, PACU, Elderly patients
Conditions
Interventions
Patients receive pain assessment training using the NRS.,Patients receive pain assessment using the NRS based on unit standards.
Experimental Other,No Intervention Other
Systematic preoperative training ,Standard preoperative training
Sponsors
Khon Kaen University
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
65 Years to 99 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Patients aged 65-99 years undergoing general or regional anesthesia. 2. Postop admitted in PACU 3. Elective case 4. Patients who understand and can communicate well in Thai.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Patients who do not consent to participate in the study. 2. Patients with cognitive impairment as indicated by the Thai-MMSE screening
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| success rate of using numeric rating scale for postoperative pain assessment At first admitted in PACU and before discharge to ward. percentage of patients who can report NRS within 60 second | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The correlation between NRS and VRS pain assessments. At first admitted in PACU and before discharge to ward. percentage of patients who can report NRS relate to VRS | — |
Countries
Thailand
Contacts
Public ContactSasiwimon Pongjanyakul
Faculty of Medicine, Khon Kaen University
Outcome results
None listed