Objective To evaluate the effects of a preoperative pain education program on patients’ knowledge of postoperative pain management, measures taken for such pain management and the actual postoperative pain. Methods A total of 84 patients undergoing abdominal surgery were non-randomly divided into two groups, 42 in each group. Patients in group A received routine preoperative care and 30 minutes of education about pain management, while patients in group B received routine preoperative care only. All patients completed the Postoperative Pain Management Questionnaire on the second postoperative day. Results Patients in group A achieved higher scores for their knowledge about postoperative pain management than those in group B (Plt;0.05). More patients in group A took non-medical pain relief methods after surgery (Plt;0.05); and patients in group A were able to use the PCA pump more correctly than those in group B (Plt;0.05). No significant differences were observed between the two groups in the frequency of asking for analgesics or their pain score when they requested analgesics (Pgt;0.05). The average score for postoperative pain was lower for group A compared to group B (Plt;0.05). Conclusions A program of preoperative pain education can improve patients’ knowledge of postoperative pain management and encourage them to participate actively in such pain management, so as to further relieve the postoperative pain.
Objective
To describe the situation of postoperative pain management in colorectal cancer patient in enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) mode, and explore its influenceing factors.
Methods
From March to December 2017, colorectal cancer patients in ERAS mode in Department of Gastrointestinal Surgery, West China Hospital of Sichuan University were selected. On the third day after surgery, a total of 74 patients with acute pain completed a questionnaire, which was composed of a demographic form, the Houston Pain Outcome Instrument (HPOI), Self-Rating Anxiety Scale, and Social Support Rating Scale. Mean±standard deviation and percentage were used to describe the total score of pain experience, t test, analysis of variance, Spearman correlation analysis were used for single-factor analysis, and multiple linear regression was used for multi-factor analysis.
Results
The mean total score of pain experience was 15.1±3.8. Single-factor analysis results showed that the affection of pain on daily life (rs=0.270, P=0.020), satisfaction of pain controlling education (rs=–0.283, P=0.015), subjective support (rs=–0.326, P=0.005), and social support utilization (rs=–0.253, P=0.029) were correlated with the total score of pain experience. Multi-factor analysis results showed that satisfaction of pain controlling education (P<0.001) and subjective support (P=0.005) were negative influencing factors of postoperative pain experience score, and severe anxiety (P=0.001) and pain expectation after surgery (P=0.016) were positive influencing factors of postoperative pain experience score.
Conclusions
Pain management situation is not so bad in these patients. High satisfaction of pain controlling education and high subjective social support are helpful to decrease pain. The medical staff should pay more attention to patients with severe anxiety, and help patients to establish reasonable pain expectation after surgery.
Objective To explore the effect of multimodal pain management in the perioperative period of ambulatory laparoscopic cholecystectomy. Methods Non-randomized historical control method was adopted. Patients who underwent laparoscopic cholecystectomy in the Day Surgery Center of West China Hospital, Sichuan University were included. The patients who received single modal pain management between January and May 2020 were taken as the control group, and the patients who received multimodal pain management between January and May 2021 were taken as the trial group. The postoperative pain and pain-related indicators of the two groups were compared. Results A total of 731 patients were included, including 496 in the trial group and 235 in the control group. There was no significant difference in gender, age, body mass index, nationality, education level, diagnosis, marriage and occupation between the two groups (P>0.05). There were 41 patients with moderate or above pain after surgery in the trial group, of which 3 patients were accompanied by severe nausea and vomiting. There were 41 patients with moderate or above pain after surgery in the control group, of which 4 patients were accompanied by severe nausea and vomiting. The incidence of moderate or above postoperative pain (8.3% vs. 17.4%) and post-discharge pain (0.0% vs. 1.3%) in the trial group were lower than those in the control group (P<0.05). There was no significant difference in the incidence of postoperative severe nausea and vomiting and delayed discharge due to postoperative pain between the two groups (P>0.05). There was no statistically significant difference between the two groups patients with moderate or above pain in gender, age, body mass index, education level, diagnosis, time from the onset of pain to the end of surgery, pain location, pain nature, use rate of antiemetic drugs, and score after treatment (P>0.05). The majority of pain sites were surgical incision pain, and the nature of pain was mostly swelling pain. The pain score of patients with moderate or above pain in the trial group was lower than that of the control group (4.4±0.6 vs. 4.9±1.1, P<0.05). Conclusion Multimodal pain management reduces postoperative pain of patients undergoing ambulatory laparoscopic cholecystectomy by means of assessment, medication, procedure improvement, health education, which can provide guarantee for perioperative quality management of ambulatory laparoscopic cholecystectomy.
