Background: There is great scope for improving the quality of pain management. Although pain prevalence has been investigated in several countries, few studies have comparatively assessed changes in pain prevalence and management over a span of multiple years.
Aim: This work was aimed at determining the pain prevalence and evaluating the condition of pain management in a Chinese general hospital in 2021 and comparing them with corresponding data from 10 years ago.
Methods: Repeated single-center cross-sectional studies were initiated on June 14th, 2011, and September 2nd, 2021, in the same tertiary grade A Chinese general hospital. The same structured questionnaire was used to collect inpatient data on pain intensity and classification and pain management outcomes. We performed statistical analyses to compare categorical variables to assess changes over time.
Results: The sample sizes for the investigations in 2011 and 2021 were 2323 and 4454, respectively. In 2021, 24.34% of patients experienced pain; this percentage was significantly lower than that in 2011. Meanwhile, the prevalence of moderate and severe pain decreased from 14.73% in 2011 to 4.98% in 2021. The other six indicators of pain management outcomes also improved significantly. The percentages of patients using painkillers, opioid analgesics, and multiple analgesics increased from 44.61 to 51.38%, 24.01% to 44.61%, and 6.82% to 14.11%, respectively. Furthermore, the percentages of patients who received pain information and who actively reported pain increased from 27.56% to 96.5% and from 85.54% to 98.71%, respectively. The percentage of patients qualified to accurately use the Numerical Rating Scale increased from 10.5% to 79.98%.
Conclusion: The quality and outcomes of pain management improved greatly after the establishment and implementation of the pain management system. Nonetheless, pain of different intensities is common after major surgeries, and it is recommended that hospitals popularize and implement perioperative multimodal analgesia strategies to reduce the incidence of postoperative pain.
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