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Pain in intensive care unit patients—A longitudinal study
- Source :
- Nursing Open, Vol 8, Iss 1, Pp 224-231 (2021)
- Publication Year :
- 2021
- Publisher :
- Wiley, 2021.
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Abstract
- Abstract Aim To assess occurrence of pain during the first 6 days of intensive care unit (ICU) stay and evaluate associations between occurrence of pain and selected patient‐related variables. Design A longitudinal study. Methods Adult ICU patients from three units were included. Patients' pain was assessed with valid pain assessment tools every 8 hr during their first 6 days in ICU. Possible associations between occurrence of pain and selected patient‐related variables were modelled using multiple logistic regression. Results When pain was assessed regularly with pain assessment tools, 10% of patients were in pain at rest and 27% were in pain during turning. The proportions of patients who were in pain were significantly higher for patients able to self‐report pain, compared with patients not able to self‐report (p
- Subjects :
- critical care
intensive care units
pain
pain measurement
Nursing
RT1-120
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 20541058
- Volume :
- 8
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- Directory of Open Access Journals
- Journal :
- Nursing Open
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- edsdoj.710d7e81251c47f4a92e488477110e22
- Document Type :
- article
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1002/nop2.621