Pain Management in a Tertiary Care Setup: Assessing Patient Satisfaction and Pain Relief.

Abstract

The aim of this study was to assess patient satisfaction and pain relief before and after interventions for chronic pain in a tertiary care pain clinic. It was a cross-sectional study, carried out in the Anaesthesia, Pain, and Intensive Care Department of the Combined Military Hospital, Rawalpindi, Pakistan, from January to July 2021. The patients were included in the study after obtaining an Ethical Committee Certificate and informed consents from the patients. The pain scores and patient satisfaction were measured before the procedure and after the procedure and comparisons were drawn with the help of Chi-square analysis with significance at less than 0.05. The mean visual analogue score recorded in the patients before the procedure was 8.9 ± 0.846. The mean visual analogue score (VAS) recorded after the procedure was 1.56 ± 1.328 at 10 minutes, 1.77 ± 1.535 at day three, and 3.13 ± 1.522 at three months with p-value of 0.28, 0.20, and 0.007, respectively. The patient satisfaction was 84.19 ± 13.89% at 10 minutes post-procedure, 83.08 ± 14.82% after three days, and 70.79 ± 44.5% after three months. Pain interventions provided reliable and satisfactory analgesia to patients with chronic pain who were refractory to pharmacological treatment. Moreover, chronic pain was prevalent in all adult age groups and pain interventions were effective in all age groups alike. Key Words: Intervention, Pain, Patient satisfaction, Visual analogue scale.