Xiao Zhou, Kazuhiro Imai, Xiao-Xuan Liu, Eiji Watanabe
Epidemiology and pain in elementary school-aged players: a survey of Japanese badminton players participating in the national tournament
Scientific reports
understanding physician approaches pain treatment critical component opioid analgesic stewardship practice patterns learned residency often persist longitudinally practice study sought identify salient factors themes resident physicians assess manage pain videorecorded focus groups internal medicine general surgery residents conducted via videoconferencing software data analyzed using ground theory approach constant comparative method identify themes subthemes focus groups occurred september october 2020 10 focus groups including 35 subjects conducted four general themes emerged 1 assessment considerations 2 education expectations 3 systems factors 4 management considerations participants indicated important treat pain inherently subjective nature makes difficult objectively quantify 010 numeric rating scale problematic infrequently utilized patient expectations pain following procedures viewed particularly challenging absence formal best practices guide pain assessment management noted every group management approaches overall highly variable often relying wordofmouth relay preferences specific attending physicians pain highly nuanced resident physicians struggle balance pains subjectivity desire quantify appropriately treat 010 numeric rating pain scale though ubiquitous problematic priority areas improvement identified include education patients physicians functional pain scales expansion existing effective resources like nursing pain team