Quality of pain counselling for orthopaedic patients in the hospital : a cross-sectional study
Koppelomäki, Elina; Rajala, Mira; Kääriäinen, Maria; Kaakinen, Pirjo (2022-05-21)
Elina Koppelomäki, Mira Rajala, Maria Kääriäinen, Pirjo Kaakinen, Quality of pain counselling for orthopaedic patients in the hospital: A cross-sectional study, International Journal of Orthopaedic and Trauma Nursing, Volume 46, 2022, 100954, ISSN 1878-1241, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijotn.2022.100954
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Abstract
Background: Earlier studies demonstrate that pain counselling for orthopaedic patients benefits quality of life and adherence to care.
Aim: The aim of this study was to describe the quality of pain counselling for orthopaedic patients in a Finnish central hospital.
Methods: A cross-sectional design was used. Data were collected from orthopaedic patients (n = 71) using the Quality of Counselling Instrument (CQI) and analysed using descriptive statistics including frequencies and percentages.
Findings: Most participants were women (67%), and the mean age was 52 years. Non-pharmacological pain relief was rated as inadequate (69%). Counselling of pain treatment was satisfactory for about 38% of orthopaedic patients, but 20% of participants had not received medication counselling. Pain counselling was not always patient-centered (50%), nor was interaction (48%) and goal-oriented counselling (49%). Staff skills and knowledge of orthopaedic patients’ pain counselling was satisfactory, although there were differences between patients with/without previous experience (p = 0.047) and different education (p = 0.008).
Conclusion: Pain counselling is an important part of orthopaedic patients’ treatment and healing processes. This study identified that there is lack of use of non-pharmacological pain relief, and counselling of pain should be implemented in a more patient-centered way. Inpatient counselling should use more personalised approaches with diverse counselling methods.
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