• Pain Manag Nurs · Mar 2014

    Multicenter Study

    Jordanian patients' satisfaction with pain management.

    • Muhammad W Darawad, Mahmoud Al-Hussami, Ali M Saleh, and Manal Al-Sutari.
    • Faculty of Nursing, University of Jordan, Amman, Jordan. Electronic address: m.darawad@ju.edu.jo.
    • Pain Manag Nurs. 2014 Mar 1;15(1):116-25.

    AbstractPain is still undertreated among hospitalized patients. Recently, patient satisfaction with pain management has received significant attention. This field has not yet been explored among Jordanian patients. The purpose of this study was to determine the knowledge regarding pain characteristics, beliefs, and satisfaction that can be included in planning pain management strategies and protocols within Jordanian hospitals. Using descriptive cross-sectional methodology, the American Pain Society Patient Outcome Questionnaire (APS-POQ) was used to survey 375 inpatients from Jordanian hospitals. Participants reported relatively severe pain and pain interferences while being hospitalized and seemed to be well informed regarding pain and pain management. Participants reported high levels of pain management satisfaction. Also, the Arabic version of the APS-POQ was found to be reliable among the Jordanian population. Findings of this study are similar to those reported by earlier studies in other countries and support the need for applying the caring attitude in managing patients' reports of having pain. This study is the first in Jordan, opening the door for future studies to be conducted in this important field.Copyright © 2014 American Society for Pain Management Nursing. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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