The Barriers to High-Quality Inpatient Pain Management: A Qualitative Study
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The current literature suggests deficiencies in the quality of acute pain management among general medical inpatients. The aim of this qualitative study is to identify potential barriers to high-quality acute pain management among general medical inpatients at an urban academic medical center during a 2-year period. Data are collected using retrospective chart reviews, survey questionnaires, and semistructured, open-ended interviews of 40 general medical inpatients who have experienced pain during their hospitalization. Our results confirm high prevalence and disabling impacts of pain and significant patient- and provider-related barriers to high-quality acute pain management. We also identify unique system-related barriers such as time delay and pain management culture. Efforts to improve the pain management experience of general medical inpatients will need to address all these barriers.
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Effective hospital-based pain management is compromised by barriers including patient perceived helplessness, lack of education and non-pharmacological interventions, and significant time delay in analgesic administration.
“Effective hospital-based pain management is compromised by a number of barriers, including patient perceived helplessness, lack of education and non-pharmacological interventions, and significant time delay in analgesic administration. 3”
From Randomized Controlled Trial of Brief Mindfulness Training and Hypnotic Suggestion for Acute Pain Relief in the Hospital Setting. (2017) · cites this paper as [3]
Poorly managed acute pain can lead to increased hospitalization costs, reduced patient satisfaction, and risk of persistent pain.
“Poorly managed acute pain can lead to increased hospitalization costs, 3 reduced patient satisfaction, 4 and risk of persistent pain. 5”
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- Authors
- Lin, R. J., Reid, M. C., Liu, L. L., Chused, A. E., & Evans, A. T.
- Affiliations
- Weill Cornell Medicine (US)
- Corresponding author
- Lin, Richard J.
- Venue
- American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine®
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 2014-04-11
- Volume
- 32
- Issue
- 6
- Pages
- 594-599
- ISSN
- 1049-9091 (ISSN-L)
- 1938-2715
- PMC
- PMC4363093
- OpenAlex
- W2011683435
- Cited by
- 35
- References
- 28
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 2.28
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- Locations
- American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine® (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institutes of Health (UL1TR000457)
- Weill Cornell Medical College
- National Institute on Aging (P30AG022845)
- National Center for Research Resources (UL1RR024996)
- National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine › Pain Management and Opioid Use
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Surgery › Anesthesia and Pain Management
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health › Pediatric Pain Management Techniques
- Keywords
- acute pain management, general medical inpatients, pain prevalence, academic medical centers
- MeSH terms
- Academic Medical Centers, Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Female, Humans, Inpatients, Male, Middle Aged, Retrospective Studies, Urban Population, Young Adult, Pain Management
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