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Pain Perception of Nurses and Pain Expression of Patients in Critical Care Units
Kyung Hee Bae, Ihn Sook Jeong
Journal of Korean Academy of Nursing 2014;44(4):437-445.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.4040/jkan.2014.44.4.437
Published online: August 29, 2014

1Department of Nursing, Pusan National University Hospital, Busan, Korea.

2College of Nursing, Pusan National University, Yangsan, Korea.

Address reprint requests to: Jeong, Ihn Sook. College of Nursing, Pusan National University, 49 BusanDaehak-ro, Mulgeum-eup, Yangsan 626-870, Korea. Tel: +82-51-510-8342, Fax: +82-51-510-8308, jeongis@pusan.ac.kr
• Received: May 12, 2014   • Revised: May 23, 2014   • Accepted: July 29, 2014

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  • Purpose
    This study was done to identify pain perception (P-PER) by nurses and pain expression (P-EXP) by patients in critical care units (ICUs) and degree of agreement between nurses' P-PER and patients' P-EXP.
  • Methods
    Nurses' P-PER was measured with a self-administered questionnaire completed by 99 nurses working in ICUs during May, 2013. Patients' P-EXP was measured with the Critical Care Non-Verbal Pain Scale through observations of 31 ICU patients during nine nursing procedures (NPs) performed between May and July, 2013.
  • Results
    Nurses' P-PER was from 4.49 points for nasogastric tube (NGT) insertion to 0.83 for blood pressure (BP) measurement based on a 9-point scale, Patients' P-EXP was 4.48 points for NGT to 0.18 for BP measurement based on a 10-point scale. Eight NPs except oral care showed higher scores for nurses' P-PER than for patients' P-EXP. Position change (p=.019), subcutaneous injection (p<.001), blood sugar test (p<.001), and BP measurement (p<.001) showed significant differences between nurses' P-PER and patients' P-EXP.
  • Conclusion
    Nasogastric tube (NGT) insertion was scored highest by both nurses and patients. Eight NPs except 'oral care' showed nurses' P-PER was higher or similar to patients' P-EXP, which indicates that nurses may overestimate procedural pain experienced by patients.
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Figure 1
Comparison of pain perception of nurses and pain expression of patients for nursing procedures.
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Table 1
General Characteristics of Study Participants: Patients
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Table 2
Pain Perception of Intensive Care Units' Nurses for Nursing Procedures (N=99)
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Table 3
Pain Perception of Intensive Care Units' Nurses by General Characteristics (N=99)
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IV=Intravenous; BP=Blood pressure.

Table 4
Pain Expression of Intensive Care Unit Patients for Nursing Procedures (N=30)
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*Pain at baseline (d) is the mean of pain before procedure and pain 20 min after procedure; IV=Intravenous; BP=Blood pressure.

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      General Characteristics of Study Participants: Patients

      Pain Perception of Intensive Care Units' Nurses for Nursing Procedures (N=99)

      Pain Perception of Intensive Care Units' Nurses by General Characteristics (N=99)

      IV=Intravenous; BP=Blood pressure.

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      *Pain at baseline (d) is the mean of pain before procedure and pain 20 min after procedure; IV=Intravenous; BP=Blood pressure.

      Table 1 General Characteristics of Study Participants: Patients

      Table 2 Pain Perception of Intensive Care Units' Nurses for Nursing Procedures (N=99)

      Table 3 Pain Perception of Intensive Care Units' Nurses by General Characteristics (N=99)

      IV=Intravenous; BP=Blood pressure.

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      *Pain at baseline (d) is the mean of pain before procedure and pain 20 min after procedure; IV=Intravenous; BP=Blood pressure.


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