Nurses' Negative Words and Postoperative Pain Management (NWPOP)

Nanjing Medical University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Postoperative Pain

Treatments: Behavioral: Positive words; Behavioral: Totally Negative Words; Behavioral: Partially Negative Words; Behavioral: No Words

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00495807

NMU-2579-2FW

NMCH2006-012

Details and patient eligibility

About

Psychological implications expressed pivotal effects on daily activities. Postoperative pain management is always encountered varying influence from the ambience of surgical wards, especially the nurses. We hypothesized that nurses' negative or positive words would produce unexpected role in pain management, which might be a strong factor resulting in the failure of postoperative analgesia.

Enrollment: 1,500 patients

Sex: Female

Ages: 19 to 64 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Chinese
• Abdominal Surgery
• > 18yr < 65yr
• Female
• Administration of postoperative analgesia
• Patient-controlled analgesia

Exclusion criteria

• With cardiac or/and pulmonary diseases
• Allergy to Opioids
• > 20% alteration in vital signs
• Unwilling to finish the follow-up process
• Respiratory depression
• > = 65yr = < 18yr
• Non-Chinese

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Crossover Assignment

Masking: Quadruple Blind

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1,500 participants in 4 patient groups

1

No Intervention group

Description:

No Words was delivered during the PCA management

Treatment:

Behavioral: No Words

2

Active Comparator group

Description:

Positive words was delivered as a positive control group during the therapy of the pain with PCA

Treatment:

Behavioral: Positive words

3

Active Comparator group

Description:

Partially negative words was delivered during the PCA pain management

Treatment:

Behavioral: Partially Negative Words

4

Active Comparator group

Description:

Totally negative words was delivered during the PCA pain management

Treatment:

Behavioral: Totally Negative Words