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- Lucia Muñoz-Narbona, Juan Roldán-Merino, Teresa Lluch-Canut, Eulàlia Juvé-Udina, Miquel Barberà Llorca, and Sandra Cabrera-Jaime.
- Institute for Health Science Research, Germans Trias I Pujol (IGTP), Department of Neurosciences, Barcelona, Spain; RETICS Research Group (Redes Temáticas de Investigación Cooperativa en Salud), Health Institute Carlos III, Madrid, Spain. Electronic address: lmunoz@igtp.cat.
- Pain Manag Nurs. 2019 Oct 1; 20 (5): 468-474.
BackgroundPublic hospitals in Catalonia (Spain) recommend using the Spanish version of the Pain Assessment in Advanced Dementia (PAINAD-Sp) scale for assessing pain in adult patients unable to self-report. However, since its inclusion in Catalonian nursing care plans in 2010, there have been no training programs for nurses, contributing to its current underuse.AimsThe aim of this study was to assess the impact of a nurse training intervention on the PAINAD-Sp scale in noncommunicative inpatients unable to self-report.DesignBefore-after study.SettingsTwo public hospitals in Catalonia (Spain).Participants/SubjectsFour hundred and one nurses participated in the training course and 219 patients received PAINAD-Sp assessments.MethodsWe used a before-after study design, evaluating the use of the PAINAD-Sp scale over two 6-month periods before and after an online training intervention for nurses in February 2017, in two public hospitals. Data were collected from patient records in each center. The primary outcome was the number of patients receiving PAINAD-Sp assessments during admission. Secondary outcomes were the number of assessments undertaken per patient during admission, the total (0-10) and item-specific (0-2) PAINAD-Sp score, and pharmacologic treatment administered.ResultsThere were 401 nurses who took part in the training program. Over the study period, 219 patients received PAINAD-Sp assessments: 29 in the preintervention period and 190 in the postintervention period (p < .001). Administration of analgesics and antipyretics decreased (p < .001) after the intervention, whereas use of hypnotic drugs and sedatives increased.ConclusionsTheoretical and practical training may be an effective way to improve nurses' approach to identifying, assessing, and managing pain in patients unable to self-report.Copyright © 2019 American Society for Pain Management Nursing. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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