ASSESS THE KNOWLEDGE OF POSTOPERATIVE CHILDREN REGARDING PAIN AT SELEDCTED HOSPITALS AT BENGALURU

Author Name: 1. Ms. Uma S R, 2. Dr. Preeti Chouhan

Volume/Issue: 04/12

Country: India

DOI NO.: 08.2020-25662434 DOI Link: https://doi-ds.org/doilink/05.2024-37371863/UIJIR

Affiliation:

1. Ph.D. Scholar, Shri Jagdishprasad Jhabarmal Tibrewala University, Vidyanagari, Jhunjhunu, Rajasthan, India.
2. Ph.D. Guide, Shri Jagdishprasad Jhabarmal Tibrewala University, Vidyanagari, Jhunjhunu, Rajasthan, India.

ABSTRACT

Background of study: Pain assessment in children can be extremely challenging. Most professional bodies recommend that parents or careers should be involved with their child's pain assessment; but the evidence that parents can accurately report pain on behalf of their children is mixed. Our objective was to examine whether there were differences in post-operative pain score ratings between the child, nurse and parent or career after surgery. Cognitively intact children aged four upwards, undergoing all surgical procedures, whose parents were present in the post-anesthetic recovery unit. Objective: To assess the level of pain among postoperative children Methods: .The study was conducted in selected hospital of Bengaluru by two data collectors. The questionnaire were checked for completeness, cleaned manually and entered in to Epi- Data version 4.2. Then the data was transferred in to SPSS version 21.0 for further analysis. Descriptive statistics were carried out. Finally checked association between dependent and independent variables. Result: showed that 10 (17%) postoperative children had severe pain, 16 (27%) had mild pain, and 34 (56.6%) had moderate pain. There is significant association between education status of children’s and postoperative level of pain with p value <0.05 level of significant. Conclusion It is adequate to control pain in cognitively intact children based solely on pain scores assessed by children and nurses. The numerical rating scale seems to be appropriate for young children. While having parents there during recovery has benefits, it is not required for optimal pain assessment.

Key words: Assess, Post operative, Hospital, Knowledge, Pain