• Catherine Vincent, Maria Chiappetta, Abigail Beach, Carolyn Kiolbasa, Kelsey Latta, Rebekah Maloney, and Linda Sue Van Roeyen.
• University of Illinois at Chicago College of Nursing, Chicago, Illinois, USA. vincentc@uic.edu
• J Spec Pediatr Nurs. 2012 Apr 1;17(2):108-20.

PurposeWe tested home pain management for children for effects on pain intensity, analgesics administered, satisfaction, and use of healthcare services over 3 post-discharge days.Design And MethodsIn this quasi-experimental study with 108 children and their parents, we used the numeric rating scale or the Faces Pain Scale-Revised, calculated percentages of analgesics administered, and asked questions about expectations, satisfaction, and services. Between-group differences were tested with t-tests and analysis of variance.ResultsAfter home pain management for children, children reported moderate pain, and parents administered more analgesics on study days. Parents and children were satisfied; parents used few services. Written instructions and a brief interactive session were not sufficient to change parents' analgesic administration practices to relieve their children's pain.Practice ImplicationsFurther research is needed to develop and test effective education interventions to facilitate relief of children's postoperative pain.© 2012, Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

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