title: Parents' management of children's pain at home after surgery.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  We tested home pain management for children for effects on pain intensity, analgesics administered, satisfaction, and use of healthcare services over 3 post-discharge days.
  
  
  METHODS
  In this quasi-experimental study with 108 children and their parents, we used the numeric rating scale or the Faces Pain Scale-Revised, calculated percentages of analgesics administered, and asked questions about expectations, satisfaction, and services. Between-group differences were tested with t-tests and analysis of variance.
  
  
  RESULTS
  After home pain management for children, children reported moderate pain, and parents administered more analgesics on study days. Parents and children were satisfied; parents used few services. Written instructions and a brief interactive session were not sufficient to change parents' analgesic administration practices to relieve their children's pain.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Further research is needed to develop and test effective education interventions to facilitate relief of children's postoperative pain.
authors.affiliation: University of Illinois at Chicago College of Nursing, Chicago, Illinois, USA. vincentc@uic.edu
authors.forename: Catherine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Vincent
authors.forename: Maria
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Chiappetta
authors.forename: Abigail
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Beach
authors.forename: Carolyn
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Kiolbasa
authors.forename: Kelsey
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Latta
authors.forename: Rebekah
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Maloney
authors.forename: Linda Sue
authors.initials: LS
authors.lastname: Van Roeyen
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000700:Analgesics / Q000008:administration & dosage*; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D006701:Home Nursing / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D059408:Pain Management / Q000379:methods*; D010147:Pain Measurement; D010149:Postoperative Pain / Q000145:classification / Q000188:drug therapy*; D010290:Parents / Q000193:education*; D017060:Patient Satisfaction
chemical_list: D000700:Analgesics