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dc.contributor.authorBailey, Lucas
dc.contributor.authorSun, Jing
dc.contributor.authorCourtney, Mark
dc.contributor.authorMurphy, Paul
dc.date.accessioned2018-07-27T04:04:24Z
dc.date.available2018-07-27T04:04:24Z
dc.date.issued2015
dc.identifier.issn0165-5876
dc.identifier.doi10.1016/j.ijporl.2015.03.003
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10072/151833
dc.description.abstractObjectives: To evaluate paediatric post-tonsillectomy pain management using oxycodone when a specific analgesia information sheet is included with standard postoperative information. Methods: Oxycodone information sheets were randomly allocated to half the study children's posttonsillectomy information pack. The trial was double-blinded to the surgeon, anaesthetist, nursing and administrative staff. Parents and children completed the pain assessment on day 3, 5 and 7. On day 10 the parents completed a questionnaire. Results: A postoperative analgesia information sheet provides for higher satisfaction and knowledge for parents using oxycodone (p < 0.001) and children have improved postoperative pain control, most significantly at day 5 (p < 0.05). Parent assessment of the child's analgesia was superior with the oxycodone information sheet, most significantly at day 3 and 7 post operatively (p < 0.05). There is also a positive correlation between the parents' observed pain score and children's self reported pain score, with a low correlation efficient level observed (p < 0.001). Conclusions: Information sheets are useful in education and use of postoperative analgesia. The primary objective to explore the efficacy of the information sheet has proved to be successful in this setting. Given risks of opioid analgesia, it is recommended that postoperative information sheets be given to all parents, to provide for improved analgesia control and safe management of children in the postoperative period.
dc.description.peerreviewedYes
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherElsevier
dc.publisher.placeUnited Kingdom
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom732
dc.relation.ispartofpageto739
dc.relation.ispartofissue5
dc.relation.ispartofjournalInternational Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology
dc.relation.ispartofvolume79
dc.subject.fieldofresearchClinical sciences
dc.subject.fieldofresearchPaediatrics
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode3202
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode3213
dc.titleImproving postoperative tonsillectomy pain management in children – A double blinded randomised control trial of a patient analgesia information sheet
dc.typeJournal article
dc.type.descriptionC1 - Articles
dc.type.codeC - Journal Articles
gro.facultyGriffith Health, School of Medicine
gro.hasfulltextNo Full Text
gro.griffith.authorSun, Jing


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