How Well Ethiopian Parents Assess and Manage Their Children's Postoperative Pain: Descriptive Correlational Study

August 20, 2024 updated by: Wachemo University
This study aims to evaluate the practice of mothers towards the evaluation and management of postoperative children's pain.According to this study, Parents displayed low to moderate levels of knowledge adequacy towards the use of pain relief methods in relation to their children's postoperative pain and pain management, which indicates the need to provide parents with more information regarding their children's postoperative pain management.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

Introduction: Acute postoperative pain in children is common. Although mothers care for their children's pain in most cases, it has been noted that mothers have limited knowledge about pain assessment and management of children.

Objectives: This study aims to evaluate the practice of parents towards evaluating and managing postoperative children's pain.

Method: This descriptive correlational study was conducted among 102 parents with children aged between 2 and 12 undergoing elective surgical procedures. Parental use of pain relief strategies (PURPS) and parental postoperative pain management (PPPM) tools were used to collect data on the adequacy of knowledge of using different pain relief strategies and the skill of parental pain assessment, respectively. Investigators used Spearman's rank correlation coefficient to determine the relationships between pain scores given by parents and nurses. The statistical tests were performed at a 95% confidence interval and a 5% significance level.

Study Type

Observational

Enrollment (Actual)

102

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • Ethiopia
    • Snnpr
      • Hosa'ina, Snnpr, Ethiopia, 667
        • Mitiku Desalegn

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

  • Adult

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

N/A

Sampling Method

Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

Parents whose children are receiving elective surgical procedures and are between the ages of two and twelve were included in the study.

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Parents whose children are receiving elective surgical procedures
  • age between the ages of two and twelve in year
  • The legal parents' fluency in the local language in speaking, writing, and reading,
  • lack of a diagnosis of any visual, auditory, sensory, or other illness

Exclusion Criteria:

Children with

  • ASA classifications III or IV,
  • significant developmental delays,
  • chronic illnesses
  • premature births,
  • underlying chronic pain conditions (e.g., diabetes)
  • a medical history of multiple painful experiences (e.g., malignancies)

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
To evaluate the quality of parents management of children's pain in postoperative period using observational tools called PURPS (Parental use of pain relief strategy) and PPPM (Parental postoperative pain measure)
Time Frame: Oct, 2023
An observational tool was used to measure the quality of parental pain management
Oct, 2023

Collaborators and Investigators

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Sponsor

Wachemo University

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

August 12, 2022

Primary Completion (Actual)

August 12, 2022

Study Completion (Actual)

October 20, 2022

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

August 12, 2024

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

August 20, 2024

First Posted (Actual)

August 22, 2024

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

August 22, 2024

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

August 20, 2024

Last Verified

August 1, 2024

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • NEMMCSH-WCU

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

NO

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

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