Assessment of Postoperative Pain Management: Patient Satisfaction and Perceived Helpfulness
- 1 September 1997
- journal article
- clinical trial
- Published by Ovid Technologies (Wolters Kluwer Health) in The Clinical Journal of Pain
- Vol. 13 (3), 229-236
- https://doi.org/10.1097/00002508-199709000-00008
Abstract
Increasing attention has been given to the assessment of patient satisfaction as a way to monitor quality of care in hospital settings. Postoperative patient satisfaction has been thought to be related to level of pain intensity, expectations of outcome, perceived concern by the staff, and helpfulness of treatments. The aim of this study is to develop a simple, reliable measure to assess pain and satisfaction in postsurgical patients and to examine factors related to patient satisfaction. A satisfaction questionnaire was developed for this study and administered to 119 patients who had undergone a major orthopedic surgical procedure. The majority of the patients were diagnosed with osteoarthritis and reported moderate to severe preoperative pain. The 13-item measure was found to be reliable (test-retest r = .86; interexaminer r = .98), valid (exploratory factor analyses; intercorrelations), and easy to administer. Results showed that the majority of the patients were satisfied with their care (91%), postoperative pain intensity (94%), and the way they were treated by the physicians and nurses (98%). Patients with low postoperative pain ratings who perceived that the physicians and nurses showed concern with how much pain they were feeling reported greatest satisfaction with their care (p These results highlight the important influence of adequate treatment of postoperative pain and perceived concern by the hospital staff on patient satisfaction.Keywords
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