The perceptions and practices of parents and children on acute pain management among hospitalized children in two Botswana referral hospitals

Matula, Samuel T.; Irving, Sharon Y.; Deatrick, Janet A.; Steenhoff, Andrew P.; Polomano, Rosemary C.

doi:10.1016/j.pedn.2022.02.004

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“…However, a study conducted in the UK reported that many parents have a good understanding of how children express pain, even though still substantial proportion of parents hold misconceptions regarding how children express pain ( 10 ). Little research has been conducted exploring parental attitudes to children's pain in African populations, evidence from two Botswana referral hospitals stated parents have adequate knowledge and positive attitudes about acute pain management among hospitalised children ( 11 ).…”

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Parental knowledge and attitude of postoperative paediatric pain: stepwise linear regression analysis

Desalegn,

Shitemaw,

Getahun

et al. 2024

Front. Pain Res.

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BackgroundDespite the fact that mothers care for their children's pain in most cases, it has been noted that mothers have limited knowledge and attitude about paediatric pain. This study aims to assess parental knowledge and attitude of postoperative paediatric pain (POPP).MethodThis is institutional based cross sectional study conducted with 102 parents at Nigist Eleni Mohamed Memorial Comprehensive Specialized Hospital (NEMMCSH). A convenience sampling technique was used to select parents. This study has used a questionnaire (Parental Pain Expression Perception (PPEM), examine parents' attitudes and knowledge about how their children exhibit their pain and Medication Attitude Questioner (MAQs), focuses on how parents feel about giving their child analgesic medication to alleviate post-operative pain). Descriptive statistics were utilized to analyse the parent's response and presented with frequency and percentage. Factor analysis to analyze factor structure and stepwise linear regression analysis to examine the impact of socio-demographic factors in predicting parental knowledge and attitude about POPP were done. The statistical tests were performed at 95% confidence interval and 5% significance level.ResultA total of 102 parents fulfilling the inclusion criteria were included. About 78% of parents agreed that children always express pain by crying or whining. The majority of parents (75.6%) believe children who are playing are not in pain. Regarding parental attitudes about pain medications, majority of parents (61%) believe that children should be given pain medication as little as possible because of its side effects. According to about 26.8% of parents, giving children pain medication for pain might teach them to use drugs for other issues. On the other hand, 63.4% of parents say that giving children pain medication as little as possible is the most effective way to manage their pain. Parents of younger children and parents from rural area are more likely to score higher in attention seeking sub-score of PPEP while parents from urban residence and those parents who are employed are more likely to perceive about the side effects of pain medications (Side effects factors).ConclusionThe overall knowledge and attitude of parents about postoperative pain and pain medications were poor.

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Parental knowledge and attitude of postoperative paediatric pain: stepwise linear regression analysis

Desalegn,

Shitemaw,

Getahun

et al. 2024

Front. Pain Res.

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“…This is due to frequent hospitalization, so children are considered accustomed to experiencing pain. Meanwhile, children with the acute illness show a clear pain response, so parents and staff will pay more attention (3). In Addition, Parents of children with chronic diseases physically and psychologically experience fatigue which may reduce the focus of attention on the child's pain (4).…”

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“…The novelty of this research is the implementation of audiovisual technic distraction in thalassemia patients. Audiovisual distraction techniques have been shown to reduce pain in children during invasive procedures (3,9,11). However, no studies apply this intervention to thalassemia children, while thalassemia children routinely get intravenous infusion or blood sampling in their care.…”

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An Application of audiovisual distraction to reduce pain in children with thalassemia and acute disease

Halimah,

Renylda

2022

RIK

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Background: Pain during invasive procedures is an unpleasant thing experienced by all children when hospitalized, including children with acute illnesses or chronic diseases such as thalassemia. Nurses need to implement interventions from atraumatic care to reduce the pain felt by children, such as by providing audiovisual distraction techniques. This study aimed to see the difference in pain felt by thalassemia and non-thalassemia children after being given an audiovisual distraction technique intervention. Methods: This study uses a quasi-experimental method by comparing the pain of thalassemia children with non-thalassemia children aged 1-12 years after being given audiovisual distraction techniques. The data collection period was from May to August 2022 on 33 children (15 thalassemia children and 18 non-thalassemia children) using purposive sampling techniques from 3 hospitals in Jambi. Results: Thalassemia children felt no significant difference in pain compared to non-thalassemia children who were given audiovisual distraction techniques. Conclusion: All children feel pain even though children with chronic diseases have repeated hospitalization experiences, so it is important to provide nursing interventions for pain management, especially in children with chronic conditions (thalassemia), to prevent further effects of recurrent pain felt by children.

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Navigating Pediatric Pain

Sullivan,

Frazer

2024

Critical Care Nursing Clinics of North America

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The perceptions and practices of parents and children on acute pain management among hospitalized children in two Botswana referral hospitals

Cited by 4 publications

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Parental knowledge and attitude of postoperative paediatric pain: stepwise linear regression analysis

Parental knowledge and attitude of postoperative paediatric pain: stepwise linear regression analysis

An Application of audiovisual distraction to reduce pain in children with thalassemia and acute disease

Navigating Pediatric Pain

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