The Communication of Acute Postoperative Pain (CAPP):the clinically significant meanings behind numerical pain ratings

Funding Activity

Website
http://purl.org/au-research/grants/nhmrc/1039405

Funding Status
Closed

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Funded Activity Summary

Between 45% – 80% of patients still have moderate to severe pain after surgery and receive less than 50% of the pain medications available. Using a 0 – 10 pain rating can contribute to this problem because there is no consistent understanding about what the numbers mean or how they should guide pain management decisions. The project aim is to develop a standard approach to using a numerical pain rating to assist patients to report the severity of their pain in ways that assists clinicians to decide the best pain management.

Funded Activity Details

Start Date: 01-01-2012

End Date: 01-01-2014

Funding Scheme: Postgraduate Scholarships

Funding Amount: $93,742.00

Funder: National Health and Medical Research Council

Research Topics

ANZSRC Field of Research (FoR)

Clinical Nursing: Secondary (Acute Care)

ANZSRC Socio-Economic Objective (SEO)

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Other Keywords

nursing care | pain assessment | pain measurement | pain minimisation | patient/professional communication | post-operative

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