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Knowledge About Postoperative Pain and Its Management in Surgical Patients.
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- French-Canadian translation of the Revised American Pain Society Patient Outcome Questionnaire.Canadian journal of anaesthesia = Journal canadien d'anesthesie · 2026Article
- Variability of post-operative acute pain management and the association of patients' socio-demographics on pain management outcome in Indonesia: A multicenter hospital-based observational study.Dialogues in health · 2026Article
- Challenges in pain management and opioid prescribing practices following traumatic injury: a focus group study with orthopedic surgeons and general practitioners.Scandinavian journal of primary health care · 2025Article
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- Predictive Factors of Acute Pain After Day Surgery: A Meta-Analysis.Journal of pain research · 2025Review
- ChatGPT-4.0 vs. Google: Which Provides More Academic Answers to Patients' Questions on Arthroscopic Meniscus Repair?Cureus · 2024Article
- Incidence and predictors of postoperative severe acute pain within 24 hours after cesarean section performed under spinal anesthesia at public hospitals in West Shoa, Ethiopia, 2022 prospective cohort study.Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) · 2023Article
- Review of the Current Situation of Postoperative Pain and Causes of Inadequate Pain Management in Africa.Journal of pain research · 2023Review
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Abstract
backgroundResearch has shown that more than 50% of patients have insufficient postoperative pain relief despite the use of multiple pain management modalities. Insufficient pain relief leads to several pathophysiological effects. One of the barriers to optimal pain relief is patient's lack of knowledge regarding the options available for pain management and their potential side effects. In this survey, we evaluated surgical patients' knowledge about postoperative pain and its management in patients undergoing major upper abdominal surgeries at a tertiary care hospital. METHODS AND MATERIAL: This was a cross-sectional survey. A total of 155 patients (18-60 years of age) scheduled to undergo elective major upper abdominal surgery were included after ethical approval and informed consent. Preoperatively, patients were interviewed through a questionnaire regarding knowledge about postoperative pain and its management.
resultsThe average age of the patients was 42.97 ± 13.05 years. Excellent and good knowledge were observed in 11.61% and 21.94% patients, respectively, whereas fair and poor knowledge were seen in 42.58% and 23.87%, respectively. Inadequate knowledge was more marked regarding analgesic side effects and addiction risk. Education level, history of surgery, and adequate information provision about pain management plan by surgeons preoperatively were significantly associated with a higher level of knowledge about pain and its management (p-value 0.0005, 0.002, and 0.0005, respectively).
conclusionA considerable proportion of patients have inadequate knowledge about their postoperative pain and its management, particularly in areas of side effects and addiction risk.
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