Quality of Postoperative Pain Management Following Thoracic Surgery

CompletedOBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment

250

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

September 30, 2012

Primary Completion Date

September 30, 2013

Study Completion Date

September 30, 2013

Conditions
Postoperative Pain
Interventions
OTHER

Assessment of pain using the Brief Pain Questionnaire

Patients will complete this questionnaire daily from surgery until discharge from the hospital

OTHER

Assessment of pain relief using a Verbal Numeric Scale (VNS)

Patients will assess their pain daily from surgery until discharge from the hospital using the VNS

OTHER

Assessment of patient' satisfaction with pain relief

Will be assessed three times a day using a scale from 1 to 4 (1= very unsatisfied, 4= very satisfied)

OTHER

Nurse's satisfaction with patient's pain relief and recovery

Will be assessed three times a day using a scale from 1 to 4 (1= very unsatisfied, 4= very satisfied)

Trial Locations (1)

H2L 4M1

Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal, Montreal

All Listed Sponsors
lead

Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal (CHUM)

OTHER

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