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JOURNAL OF CLINICAL NURSING
卷 26, 期 19-20, 页码 2995-3006出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/jocn.13643
关键词
cancer; children; pain; pain assessment; pain management; quality of care
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资金
- Nurses Memorial Centre
- Babe Norman PhD scholarship
Aims and objectivesTo describe the pain assessment and management practices documented by health professionals within a tertiary-level Children's Cancer Centre and to evaluate how these practices were compared with international recommendations. BackgroundChildren with cancer are vulnerable to pain due to the intensity of antineoplastic therapy. Therefore, it is imperative to ensure that current pain management practices provided to paediatric oncology inpatients are of a high quality. DesignA single-site cross-sectional audit. MethodsA 24-hour period of documented pain-related care in randomly selected inpatients of an Australian tertiary-level Children's Cancer Centre was examined. The current pain management practices were audited over a two-month period resulting in 258 episodes of pain-related care being reviewed. ResultsPain related to medical treatment for cancer was common (n=146/258, 57%) and persistent. The presence of pain was not consistently recorded by health professionals (n=75/146, 51%). Pain was mild (n=26/75, 35%) and opioids were the mainstay of pain management interventions (n=63/112, 56%). Adjuvants were an important component of pain management (n=47/112, 42%), and nonpharmacological methods of managing pain were under-represented in this audit (n=38/146, 26%). According to the Pain Management Index, pain was appropriately managed for the majority of children (n=65/76, 87%). ConclusionsPain management practices did not fully reflect the recommendations of contemporary paediatric pain management. Due to limitations in the documentation of children's pain, it was difficult to determine the effectiveness of pain management interventions. Relevance to clinical practiceThis study highlights the ongoing problem of pain for children receiving antineoplastic therapy. It is recommended that health professionals routinely screen for the presence of pain during hospitalisation and assess the efficacy of pain-related care.
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