Comparison of Postoperative Pain Management Outcomes in the United States and China

Hui Wang, Gwen D. Sherwood, Shuang Liang, Zhiyi Gong, Liying Ren, Huaping Liu and Iat Kio Van

Clinical Nursing Research, 2021, vol. 30, issue 8, 1290-1300

Abstract: To compare pain management outcomes in postoperative patients from an American hospital and a Chinese hospital. A convenience sample of 244 patients in the United States and 268 patients in China with similar surgical sites completed the American Pain Society Patient Outcome Questionnaire-Revised (APS-POQ-R) and the Pain Management Index (PMI) was calculated on their first postoperative day. Patients in the United States reported a higher score on the “perception of pain management†subscale of the APS-POQ-R and a higher proportion of adequate treatment as measured by the PMI (85.2% vs. 39.0%, p  

Keywords: pain management; postoperative pain; patient satisfaction; patient outcomes; APS-POQ-R (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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DOI: 10.1177/10547738211012832

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