title: [Optimising pain therapy for neurological inpatients].
abstract: BACKGROUND
  The Department of Neurology at the Medical University Graz has implemented a multiprofessional pain management concept and evaluated the outcome by means of a patient survey.
  
  
  METHODS
  Standard operating procedures for standardised pain measurement, documentation and therapy were developed. All engaged professional participants were trained before implementation.
  
  
  RESULTS
  88.7 % of the surveyed 63 patients reported pain during the hospitalisation. During the night and in the morning, the occurrence of severe pain was most likely. The position or activity most likely triggering severe pain was mobilisation (19 %). Patients with degenerative diseases of the spine without radiculopathy reported the highest levels of pain.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Pain is an important problem for neurological inpatients. Nocturnal pain, pain induced by mobilisation, and pain therapy for patients with degenerative diseases of the spine without radiculopathy require particular attention.
authors: Universitätsklinik für Psychiatrie, Medizinische Universität Graz, Austria.
authors: W E
authors: WE
authors: Wurm
authors: Universitätsklinik für Neurologie, Medizinische Universität Graz, Austria.
authors: A
authors: A
authors: Lechner
authors: Universitätsklinik für Neurologie, Medizinische Universität Graz, Austria.
authors: R
authors: R
authors: Schmidt
authors: Universitätsklinik für Anästhesiologie und Intensivmedizin, Medizinische Universität Graz, Austria.
authors: I S
authors: IS
authors: Szilagyi
authors: Abteilung für Schmerztherapie, Berufsgenossenschaftliches Universitätsklinikum Bergmannsheil GmbH, Bochum.
authors: C
authors: C
authors: Maier
authors: Institut für Pflegewissenschaft und Praxis, Paracelsus Medizinische Privatuniversität, Salzburg, Austria.
authors: N
authors: N
authors: Nestler
authors: Stabsstelle Qualitätsmanagement-Risikomanagement, LKH-Universitätsklinikum Graz, Austria.
authors: B
authors: B
authors: Pichler
authors: Stabsstelle Qualitätsmanagement-Risikomanagement, LKH-Universitätsklinikum Graz, Austria.
authors: C
authors: C
authors: Foussek
authors: Universitätsklinik für Anästhesiologie und Intensivmedizin, Medizinische Universität Graz, Austria.
authors: H
authors: H
authors: Bornemann-Cimenti
authors: A
authors: A
authors: Sandner-Kiesling
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D004282:Documentation; D004434:Early Ambulation; D005260:Female; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D007297:Inpatients; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009422:Nervous System Diseases / Q000150:complications* / Q000628:therapy*; D019636:Neurodegenerative Diseases / Q000150:complications / Q000628:therapy; D010146:Pain / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology; D059408:Pain Management / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards*; D010147:Pain Measurement; D011446:Prospective Studies