Educational Intervention Effect on Pain Management Quality in Emergency Department; a Clinical Audit

Maryam Janati, Hamid Kariman, Elham Memary, Elnaz Davarinezhad-Moghadam, Ali Arhami-Dolatabadi, Maryam Janati, Hamid Kariman, Elham Memary, Elnaz Davarinezhad-Moghadam, Ali Arhami-Dolatabadi

Abstract

Introduction: Pain is a frequent complaint of patients who are referred to the emergency department (ED), which is ignored or mismanaged and, almost always, approached in terms of determining the cause of pain instead of pain management. Pain management is a challenging issue in the ED.

Objective: This study was conducted to determine the effect of emergency resident's education about pain assessment and pain-relief drugs in the improvement in pain management.

Method: A clinical audit was carried out during the year 2015 in the ED of Imam Hossein Hospital, Tehran, Iran. All patients over 16-year-old who had been complaining of pain or another complaint that included pain were eligible. Data were collected using a preformed checklist. One senior emergency medicine resident was responsible for filling the checklist. In the first phase, patients were enrolled into the study and were divided into two groups according to whether they had or did not have a pain management order. In the second phase, the first- and second-year emergency medicine residents were trained during the various classes that they were required to attend, through a workshop conducted by experienced professors, and based on existing valid guidelines. In the third phase, patients were enrolled into the study, and the same checklists were completed.

Results: A total of 803 patients (401 before training and 402 after) were assessed. The mean age of the patients before and after training of the residents was 59.19 ± 44.45 and 40.24 ± 19.40 years, respectively. The demographic characteristics of patients were not significantly different before and after the training period (p > 0.05). The most common cause of pain was soft tissue injury, both before (36.3%) and after training (34.3%). The most frequent drug that was administered for pain control was morphine, both before (62.5%) and after (41.4%) training. Although the number of patients with moderate pain intensity was higher during the after-training period, pain control quality was described to be better in this group and success rate of pain control was significantly increased after training (p < 0.001).

Conclusion: Findings from the present study showed that there was a significant deficiency in pain management of the admitted patients, and the most common reason for this was the physician's fear of the drug's side effects. However, significant progress was seen after the training regarding pain management process in ED.

Keywords: Acute pain; Emergency department; Medical audit; Pain management.

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