title: [Pain audit as a tool to optimize pain treatment in hospital departments].
abstract: On March 3 2011 the Department of Oncology, Aarhus University Hospital, conducted a cross-sectional pain audit. All patients present at the department were invited to complete a questionnaire about their pain experience, and their medical records were reviewed. The results indicated that patients with probable neuropathic pain reported the highest pain severity levels and experienced the greatest burden of their pain. Most patients with neuropathic pain did not receive any secondary analgesics and their general practitioners were infrequently involved in the treatment. The methods used in the present audit can be transferred to other departments for the benefit of the patients.
authors.affiliation: Onkologisk Afdeling, Aarhus Universitetshospital, Nørrebrogade 44, 8200 Aarhus C, Denmark. ninnpe@rm.dk
authors.forename: Ninna
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Aggerholm-Pedersen
authors.forename: Torben Worsøe
authors.initials: TW
authors.lastname: Jespersen
authors.forename: Pia Riis
authors.initials: PR
authors.lastname: Olsen
authors.forename: Bobby
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Zachariae
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006748:Hospital Departments; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008485:Medical Audit / Q000379:methods; D008875:Middle Aged; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000150:complications; D009437:Neuralgia / Q000145:classification / Q000453:epidemiology; D010146:Pain / Q000145:classification / Q000453:epidemiology; D059408:Pain Management; D010147:Pain Measurement / Q000379:methods* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D058748:Pain Perception; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires