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Pain assessment in surgical patients with impaired cognition

dc.contributor.authorMartins, Conceição
dc.contributor.authorAlmeida, Vera
dc.contributor.authorDuarte, João
dc.contributor.authorChaves, Cláudia
dc.contributor.authorCampos, Sofia
dc.contributor.authorNelas, Paula
dc.date.accessioned2016-08-29T16:10:58Z
dc.date.available2016-08-29T16:10:58Z
dc.date.issued2016-07-02
dc.description.abstractPain is considered the 5th vital sign and its measurement/assessment and records are required and must be systematic. Ineffective pain management involves complications in clinical status of patients, longer hospitalization times and higher costs with health. In the surgical patient with impaired cognition, hetero measurements should be made, based on behavioural and physiological indicators. We used to determine the efficacy and efficiency of the Observer Scale, the Abbey Pain Scale and Pain Assessment in Advanced Dementia (PAINAD). Our study is an applied, non-experimental, quantitative, descriptive and analytical research. The data collection instrument consisted of patients’ sociodemographic and clinical data, the Observer Scale, the Abbey Pain Scale (Rodrigues, 2013) and PAINAD (Batalha et al., 2012). We assessed pain at an early phase and 45 minutes after an intervention for its relief. The sample is non-probabilistic for convenience, consisting of 76 surgical patients with impaired cognition, admitted to the surgery services of a central hospital, aged between 38 and 96 years. There was a positive correlation between the results of the three scales, most evident in the initial evaluation. Pain intensity in the same patient is higher when assessed with PAINAD (OM = 2.16) and lower when assessed with the Observer Scale (OM = 1.78). The most effective and efficient scale is PAINAD. Due to the small sample size, we suggest confirmatory studies so that the results can be generalized.pt_PT
dc.identifier.citationMartins, C., Almeida, V., Duarte, J., Chaves, C., Campos, S., & Nelas, P. (2016). Pain assessment in surgical patients with impaired cognition. The European Proceedings of Social & Behavioural Sciences, 13, 147-157. doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.15405/epsbs.2016.07.02.13pt_PT
dc.identifier.doidoi:http://dx.doi.org/10.15405/epsbs.2016.07.02.13pt_PT
dc.identifier.issneISSN 2357-1330
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.19/3314
dc.language.isoengpt_PT
dc.peerreviewedyespt_PT
dc.publisherFuture Academypt_PT
dc.relation.publisherversionhttp://www.futureacademy.org.uk/files/images/upload/13ichandhpsy2016.pdfpt_PT
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/pt_PT
dc.subjectAcute painpt_PT
dc.subjectCognitionpt_PT
dc.subjectGeneral surgerypt_PT
dc.subjectPain postoperativept_PT
dc.subjectPain measurementpt_PT
dc.titlePain assessment in surgical patients with impaired cognitionpt_PT
dc.typejournal article
dspace.entity.typePublication
oaire.citation.endPage157pt_PT
oaire.citation.startPage147pt_PT
oaire.citation.titleThe European Proceedings of Social & Behavioural Sciencespt_PT
oaire.citation.volume13pt_PT
rcaap.rightsopenAccesspt_PT
rcaap.typearticlept_PT

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