[The effects of a clinical therapeutic intervention in pain assessment and management in surgical ICU patients: a before-and-after intervention study on pain intensity and use of analgesia].

Aims: the aims of this study were to test the efficacy of a training program in order to reduce pain intensity in surgical ICU patients and improving postoperative pain assessment and management.

Methods: longitudinal, before and after experimental study. A total of 261 patients, 126 in Group A (before intervention) and 135 in Group B (after intervention) were included.