Analgesia : a prospective audit on patient satisfaction with postoperative analgesia in a South African tertiary hospital

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dc.contributor.advisorMontoya-Pelaez, L Fen_ZA
dc.contributor.advisorDyer, Robert Aen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorVan der Westhuizen, Christoen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2016-02-09T12:16:10Z
dc.date.available2016-02-09T12:16:10Z
dc.date.issued2015en_ZA
dc.descriptionIncludes bibliographical referencesen_ZA
dc.description.abstractBackground: The vast majority of patients will be admitted to general wards after their surgical procedures. Ward staff will provide the prescribed analgesia. The researchers would like to ascertain whether the patient population is satisfied with the analgesia that they receive. Methods: Fifty-two postoperative patients consented to taking part in a prospective audit that enquired about pain using a Numeric Rating Scale (NRS) on discharge from the theatre recovery room as well as on day one postoperatively. Additionally patients were asked to indicate whether the analgesia was 'good', 'fair' or 'poor' and were interviewed about their expectations regarding pain. Results: The mean age was 45 (SD 14) years and median surgical duration was 100 (IQR 75- 150) minutes. Mean NRS score was 3 (SD 3) on discharge from recovery as well as on day one postoperatively. 'Good' analgesia was reported by 69.2% of patients and 71.2% reported that they had less pain than expected. The median time from recovery room discharge to first dose of analgesia was 135 (IQR 65-400) minutes. Conclusion: Sixty seven per cent of patients indicated that they were satisfied with the analgesia provided. There are, however, still problems with long waiting times to first doses of analgesia. The relatively low overall pain scores and high levels of satisfaction are encouraging.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationVan der Westhuizen, C. (2015). <i>Analgesia : a prospective audit on patient satisfaction with postoperative analgesia in a South African tertiary hospital</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Health Sciences ,Department of Anaesthesia. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/16932en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationVan der Westhuizen, Christo. <i>"Analgesia : a prospective audit on patient satisfaction with postoperative analgesia in a South African tertiary hospital."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Health Sciences ,Department of Anaesthesia, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/16932en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationVan der Westhuizen, C. 2015. Analgesia : a prospective audit on patient satisfaction with postoperative analgesia in a South African tertiary hospital. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Van der Westhuizen, Christo AB - Background: The vast majority of patients will be admitted to general wards after their surgical procedures. Ward staff will provide the prescribed analgesia. The researchers would like to ascertain whether the patient population is satisfied with the analgesia that they receive. Methods: Fifty-two postoperative patients consented to taking part in a prospective audit that enquired about pain using a Numeric Rating Scale (NRS) on discharge from the theatre recovery room as well as on day one postoperatively. Additionally patients were asked to indicate whether the analgesia was 'good', 'fair' or 'poor' and were interviewed about their expectations regarding pain. Results: The mean age was 45 (SD 14) years and median surgical duration was 100 (IQR 75- 150) minutes. Mean NRS score was 3 (SD 3) on discharge from recovery as well as on day one postoperatively. 'Good' analgesia was reported by 69.2% of patients and 71.2% reported that they had less pain than expected. The median time from recovery room discharge to first dose of analgesia was 135 (IQR 65-400) minutes. Conclusion: Sixty seven per cent of patients indicated that they were satisfied with the analgesia provided. There are, however, still problems with long waiting times to first doses of analgesia. The relatively low overall pain scores and high levels of satisfaction are encouraging. DA - 2015 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2015 T1 - Analgesia : a prospective audit on patient satisfaction with postoperative analgesia in a South African tertiary hospital TI - Analgesia : a prospective audit on patient satisfaction with postoperative analgesia in a South African tertiary hospital UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/16932 ER - en_ZA
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/11427/16932
dc.identifier.vancouvercitationVan der Westhuizen C. Analgesia : a prospective audit on patient satisfaction with postoperative analgesia in a South African tertiary hospital. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Health Sciences ,Department of Anaesthesia, 2015 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/16932en_ZA
dc.language.isoengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Anaesthesiaen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Health Sciencesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.subject.otherAnaesthesiologyen_ZA
dc.titleAnalgesia : a prospective audit on patient satisfaction with postoperative analgesia in a South African tertiary hospitalen_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
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