Alan R. Tait|Terri Voepel?Lewis|Robin M. Snyder|Shobha Malviya
Parents' Understanding of Information Regarding Their Child's Postoperative Pain Management
Michigan Medicine|National Institutes of Health|Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development|University of Michigan–Ann Arbor|Michigan Medicine|National Institutes of Health|Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development|University of Michigan–Ann Arbor|Michigan Medicine|National Institutes of Health|Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development|University of Michigan–Ann Arbor|Michigan Medicine|National Institutes of Health|Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development|University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
objectives unlike information provided research information disclosed patients treatment procedures largely unregulated likely considerable variability type amount disclosure study designed examine nature information provided parents regarding options postoperative pain control understanding thereof methods one hundred eightyseven parents children scheduled undergo surgical procedure requiring inpatient postoperative pain control completed questionnaires elicited information regarding perceptions understanding satisfaction information regarding postoperative pain management results results showed considerable variability content amount information provided parents based method postoperative pain control provided parents whose child received patientcontrolled analgesia given significantly p0025 information risks benefits compared receiving nurse controlled intravenousprn analgesia approximately one third parents understanding risks associated postoperative pain management parents received pain information preoperatively given information regarding risks benefits improved understanding compared parents received minimal information p0001 furthermore information deemed unclear insufficient resulted decreased parental understanding discussion results demonstrate variability type amount information provided parents regarding childs postoperative pain control reinforce importance clear full disclosure pain information particularly respect risks benefits