Eriksson Kerstin, Wikström Lotta, Årestedt Kristofer, Fridlund Bengt, Broström Anders
School of Health Sciences, Jönköping University, Jönköping, Sweden; Department of Anaesthesia and Intensive Care, Ryhov County Hospital, Jönköping, Sweden.
School of Health and Caring Sciences, Linnaeus University, Kalmar, Sweden; Department of Medical and Health Sciences, Division of Nursing Science, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden; Palliative Research Centre, Ersta Sköndal University College and Ersta hospital, Stockholm, Sweden.
Appl Nurs Res. 2014 Feb;27(1):41-6. doi: 10.1016/j.apnr.2013.10.006. Epub 2013 Oct 31.
The purpose of this study was to describe how patients perceive the use of the numeric rating scale in postoperative pain assessments.
There are recommendations to use a pain scale to follow patients' postoperative pain. Most patients prefer the NRS but there is a discrepancy between patients and healthcare professionals how to interpret the ratings from the pain assessments.
A descriptive design with a phenomenographic approach was used. Semi structured interviews were held with 25 patients.
Three description categories emerged that illustrate patients' perceptions; use of the NRS facilitated communication of pain, it put demands on healthcare professionals and care routines and it contained interpretation difficulties.
The NRS has a place in pain management according to the patients but there is a need for a dialogue to give the patients the opportunity to describe their pain and set a common goal.
本研究旨在描述患者如何看待数字评分量表在术后疼痛评估中的应用。
有建议使用疼痛量表来跟踪患者的术后疼痛情况。大多数患者更喜欢数字评分量表，但在如何解读疼痛评估的评分方面，患者与医护人员之间存在差异。
采用现象学描述法的描述性设计。对25名患者进行了半结构式访谈。
出现了三个描述类别，说明了患者的看法；数字评分量表的使用促进了疼痛的交流，对医护人员和护理常规提出了要求，并且存在解读困难。
根据患者的看法，数字评分量表在疼痛管理中有一席之地，但需要进行对话，以便让患者有机会描述他们的疼痛并设定共同目标。
