Pain Measurement and Pain Management in the Intensive Care Unit(ICU) (PIJNICU2)

St. Antonius Hospital

Status: Completed

Conditions: Critically Ill Patients

Treatments: Other: A Pain training program and pain measurement

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00773045

PIJNICU2/Z06.11

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effect of a pain training program and systematic measurement of pain scores on actual pain levels and the use of analgesics in critically ill patients.

Full description

Systematic evaluation of pain, though still not common practice in all ICUs, is recommended in clinical practice guidelines for optimal pain management. Pain is a frequently experienced problem in patients in the Intensive Care Unit(ICU). In search of literature to support the need for introduction of a pain management system and to train the entire health staff in our department little information was found concerning the effects of pain training and pain management systems in the ICU. The small number of available studies may be explained by the difficulty of systematic pain measurement in ICU patients, mainly due to the inability to communicate effectively with these patients.

Enrollment: 190 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• All patients admitted to the ICU of the St. Antonius hospital, >18 years old.

Exclusion criteria

• Patients who are suspected to be brain-dead

Trial design

190 participants in 1 patient group

pain training program

Description:

ICU Patients treated with or without pain management protocol

Treatment:

Other: A Pain training program and pain measurement