• Emerg Med Australas · Jun 2019

    Patient attitudes towards analgesia and their openness to non-pharmacological methods such as acupuncture in the emergency department.

    • Andrew L Jan, Emogene S Aldridge, Ian R Rogers, Eric J Visser, Max K Bulsara, and Dana A Hince.
    • School of Medicine, The University of Notre Dame Australia, Fremantle, Western Australia, Australia.
    • Emerg Med Australas. 2019 Jun 1; 31 (3): 475-478.

    ObjectiveTo investigate patient attitudes to analgesia, opioids and non-pharmacological analgesia, including acupuncture, in the ED.MethodsED patients with pain were surveyed regarding: pain scores, satisfaction, addiction concern, non-pharmacological methods of pain relief and acupuncture. Data were analysed using logistic regression.ResultsOf 196 adult patients, 52.8% were 'very satisfied' with analgesia. Most patients (84.7%) would accept non-pharmacological methods including acupuncture (68.9%) and 78.6% were not concerned about addiction. Satisfaction was associated with male gender, and 'adequate analgesia' but not with opioids.ConclusionMost patients were generally satisfied with ED analgesia and were open to non-pharmacologic analgesia including acupuncture.© 2018 Australasian College for Emergency Medicine.

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