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dc.contributor.authorSmeland, Anja Hetland
dc.contributor.authorRustøen, Tone
dc.contributor.authorNæss, Torgun
dc.contributor.authorNybro, Lill
dc.contributor.authorLundeberg, Stefan
dc.contributor.authorReinertsen, Hanne
dc.contributor.authorDiseth, Trond H
dc.contributor.authorTwycross, Alison
dc.date.accessioned2019-05-24T14:26:16Z
dc.date.accessioned2019-05-27T10:26:01Z
dc.date.available2019-05-24T14:26:16Z
dc.date.available2019-05-27T10:26:01Z
dc.date.issued2019-01-22
dc.identifier.citationSmeland AH, Rustøen T, Næss T, Nybro L, Lundeberg S, Reinertsen H, Diseth TH, Twycross A. Children's views on postsurgical pain in recovery units in Norway: A qualitative study. Journal of Clinical Nursing. 2019en
dc.identifier.issn0962-1067
dc.identifier.issn0962-1067
dc.identifier.issn1365-2702
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10642/7170
dc.description.abstractAims and objectives: To explore children’s postsurgical experiences with pain and pain management in the recovery unit. Background: Children’s pain is underestimated and undertreated. Untreated pain can cause unnecessary suffering, increased complication risks, and may lead to chronic pain. Research exploring children’s experiences with postoperative pain and pain management is limited. Design: A qualitative, exploratory study. The study complied with the Consolidated Criteria for Reporting Qualitative Research (COREQ). Methods: Children (N=20), 8–16 years old, took part in semi-structured interviews about their experiences with pain and postoperative pain management while they were in a recovery unit. Data were collected at two university hospitals in Norway. Content analysis was used to analyse the data. Results: Three themes emerged from the interviews; “children’s experiences of what felt unpleasant and painful”, “children’s experiences with pain management” and “children’s recommendations for future pain management”. About half of the children reported moderate to severe pain while in the recovery unit and they did not always tell their nurses when they had pain. They also reported experiencing pain in places other than their surgical wounds and stated that nausea and vomiting felt unpleasant and painful. The children indicated that pain medications and the use of non-pharmacological methods helped them cope with their pain and provided several recommendations about how to improve pain management. Conclusion: Paediatric postoperative pain management remains suboptimal. The children in our study provided useful information about their pain experiences, how to improve pain management and explained why they did not tell their nurses when they were in pain. Relevance to clinical practice: These findings should direct further improvements in paediatric postoperative pain management, such as increased use of pain assessment tools and preparatory information, as well as more appropriate administration of pain medications.en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherWileyen
dc.relation.ispartofseriesJournal of Clinical Nursing;Volume 28, Issue 11-12 June 2019
dc.rightsThis is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Smeland AH, Rustøen T, Næss T, Nybro L, Lundeberg S, Reinertsen H, Diseth TH, Twycross A. Children's views on postsurgical pain in recovery units in Norway: A qualitative study. Journal of Clinical Nursing. 2019, which has been published in final form at http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jocn.14788. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Use of Self-Archived Versions.en
dc.subjectChildrenen
dc.subjectPainsen
dc.subjectExperiencesen
dc.subjectPostoperative painsen
dc.subjectPain assessmentsen
dc.subjectPain managementen
dc.titleChildren's views on postsurgical pain in recovery units in Norway: A qualitative studyen
dc.typeJournal articleen
dc.typePeer revieweden
dc.date.updated2019-05-24T14:26:16Z
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dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jocn.14788
dc.identifier.cristin1674231
dc.source.journalJournal of Clinical Nursing


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