Differences in nurses’ perceptions of self-reported pain and the administered morphine dose according to the patient’s facial expression in Korea
Purpose This study aimed to compare nurses’ perceptions of self-reported pain, the recorded pain score, and pain treatment according to the patient’s facial expression. Methods In this descriptive cross-sectional survey, the participants were 482 nurses working at a tertiary hospital in Seoul, Korea...
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| description | Purpose This study aimed to compare nurses’ perceptions of self-reported pain, the recorded pain score, and pain treatment according to the patient’s facial expression. Methods In this descriptive cross-sectional survey, the participants were 482 nurses working at a tertiary hospital in Seoul, Korea. A self-report questionnaire presented nurses with a smiling patient complaining of acute post-surgical pain and a grimacing patient with cancer pain, both of whom reported a pain level of 8 out of 10, and asked nurses to indicate their perception of the pain intensity, the pain score that they would record, and the medication that they would provide for each patient. Results The pain intensity perceived by nurses for the grimacing patient was significantly higher than that for the smiling patient (P<0.001). The recorded pain score was likewise significantly higher for the grimacing patient than for the smiling patient (P<0.001). There was a significant difference in the amount of morphine chosen by the nurses for pain interventions between the smiling and grimacing patients (P=0.040). Higher perceived pain intensity and score were associated with higher administered doses of morphine. Conclusion These findings suggest that nurses might be affected by patients’ facial expressions when treating pain. A pain management program should be developed that trains nurses to accurately recognize pain hidden in patients’ faces and provides them with the knowledge of how to appropriately assess and manage patients’ pain. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-599cfc17a49f43d38835bbedadcb69cf2023-08-02T03:05:51ZengKorea Health Personnel Licensing Examination InstituteJournal of Educational Evaluation for Health Professions1975-59372020-12-011710.3352/jeehp.2020.17.38385Differences in nurses’ perceptions of self-reported pain and the administered morphine dose according to the patient’s facial expression in KoreaJeong Yun Park0Da In Lee1Department of Clinical Nursing, University of Ulsan, Seoul, KoreaDepartment of Nursing, Seoil University, Seoul, KoreaPurpose This study aimed to compare nurses’ perceptions of self-reported pain, the recorded pain score, and pain treatment according to the patient’s facial expression. Methods In this descriptive cross-sectional survey, the participants were 482 nurses working at a tertiary hospital in Seoul, Korea. A self-report questionnaire presented nurses with a smiling patient complaining of acute post-surgical pain and a grimacing patient with cancer pain, both of whom reported a pain level of 8 out of 10, and asked nurses to indicate their perception of the pain intensity, the pain score that they would record, and the medication that they would provide for each patient. Results The pain intensity perceived by nurses for the grimacing patient was significantly higher than that for the smiling patient (P<0.001). The recorded pain score was likewise significantly higher for the grimacing patient than for the smiling patient (P<0.001). There was a significant difference in the amount of morphine chosen by the nurses for pain interventions between the smiling and grimacing patients (P=0.040). Higher perceived pain intensity and score were associated with higher administered doses of morphine. Conclusion These findings suggest that nurses might be affected by patients’ facial expressions when treating pain. A pain management program should be developed that trains nurses to accurately recognize pain hidden in patients’ faces and provides them with the knowledge of how to appropriately assess and manage patients’ pain.http://www.jeehp.org/upload/jeehp-17-38.pdfcancer painfacial expressionmorphinepain managementrepublic of korea |
| spellingShingle | Jeong Yun Park Da In Lee Differences in nurses’ perceptions of self-reported pain and the administered morphine dose according to the patient’s facial expression in Korea Journal of Educational Evaluation for Health Professions cancer pain facial expression morphine pain management republic of korea |
| title | Differences in nurses’ perceptions of self-reported pain and the administered morphine dose according to the patient’s facial expression in Korea |
| title_full | Differences in nurses’ perceptions of self-reported pain and the administered morphine dose according to the patient’s facial expression in Korea |
| title_fullStr | Differences in nurses’ perceptions of self-reported pain and the administered morphine dose according to the patient’s facial expression in Korea |
| title_full_unstemmed | Differences in nurses’ perceptions of self-reported pain and the administered morphine dose according to the patient’s facial expression in Korea |
| title_short | Differences in nurses’ perceptions of self-reported pain and the administered morphine dose according to the patient’s facial expression in Korea |
| title_sort | differences in nurses perceptions of self reported pain and the administered morphine dose according to the patient s facial expression in korea |
| topic | cancer pain facial expression morphine pain management republic of korea |
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