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Quality of Postoperative Pain Management Following Thoracic Surgery

NCT01616550 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 250

Last updated 2013-09-16

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this study is to assess the quality of postoperative pain management in a Canadian teaching hospital following thoracic surgery.

Hypothesis: Postoperative pain management following thoracotomy or thoracoscopy is still suboptimal despite the evidence that adequate pain relief improves outcome.

Conditions

  • Postoperative Pain

Interventions

OTHER

Assessment of pain using the Brief Pain Questionnaire

Patients will complete this questionnaire daily from surgery until discharge from the hospital

OTHER

Assessment of pain relief using a Verbal Numeric Scale (VNS)

Patients will assess their pain daily from surgery until discharge from the hospital using the VNS

OTHER

Assessment of patient' satisfaction with pain relief

Will be assessed three times a day using a scale from 1 to 4 (1= very unsatisfied, 4= very satisfied)

OTHER

Nurse's satisfaction with patient's pain relief and recovery

Will be assessed three times a day using a scale from 1 to 4 (1= very unsatisfied, 4= very satisfied)

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal (CHUM)

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Daniel Boudreault, MD, FRCPC · Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal (CHUM)

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
80 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2012-09-30
Primary Completion
2013-09-30
Completion
2013-09-30

Countries

  • Canada

Study Locations

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