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Pain Assessment in the Intensive Care Unit

NCT01628185 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 30

Last updated 2015-12-17

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Pain assessment using self-report scales (Visual Analogue Scale, Numerical Rating Scale), is recommended in the general population, however it is not always possible in patients with altered neurological status such as sedated patients or patients with delirium. Consequently, pain assessment is highly challenging in these ICU patients. This is a prospective observational study assessing 3 behavioral pain scales in the ICU.

The hypothesis of this proposal is that one of the three ICU pain scales has a more important reliability than the others. Such a scale could be recommended to be used to measure pain intensity in ICU patients not able to communicate.

Conditions

  • Delirium
  • Critical Illness

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Repositioning

pain assessment at baseline then following routine care repositioning in bed

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Chicago

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Jesse Hall, MD · University of Chicago

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2012-01-31
Primary Completion
2014-07-31
Completion
2014-07-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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