PAIN MANAGEMENT

Measuring the Quality of Care Related to Pain Management



Measuring the Quality of Care Related to Pain Management

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Larsen, B., Towsley, G., Berry, P. Brant, J., Lavoie, S. & Ellen, M. (2010), “Measuring the Quality of Care Related to Pain Management: A Multiple-Method Approach to Instrument Development”, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Inc.

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Article

Larsen, B., Towsley, G., Berry, P. Brant, J., Lavoie, S. & Ellen, M. (2010), “Measuring the Quality of Care Related to Pain Management: A Multiple-Method Approach to Instrument Development”, Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, Inc.

Background Information

The background information in the article pertains to the issue of pain and the significance of patients' care. This section also discusses the reasons for the existence of pain such as pain which exists due to chronic illness or surgical pain.

This section also talks about the measurement of perceptions of patients who think that they recioeve proper treatment. This is an outcome of a patient who is sensitive to nursing care. However, there are several limitations of such approaches. In addition, an alternative approach, for the assessment of quality care with respect to the patient, is similar to the trends in the national level which focus on delivering patient-centered care.

Review of literature

This section primarily discusses pain which is an outcome of a patient who is sensitive to nursing care. Furthermore, it discusses measurement of quality care pertaining to pain management. The conceptual framework in this section established through a qualitative study. It focuses on identifying the though processes and definitions, which underlie the differences between satisfactions rated as high, and pain management which involves severe pain.

Methodology

The methodology includes the development of the tool which focuses on validity. The methods aim at three initial phases which focus on the developmental process of instruments. The first two phases discuss recommendations for establishing content validity through development and a judgment process. In Phase 3, interviewing evaluated response processes. A new prototype version of the tool resulted from each phase.

Data Analysis

The work aimed at establishing the validity of the PainCQ survey. Data analysis found support for the validity of the PainCQ version 3. The version of the PainCQ (version 3; k = 44 items) is going through psychometric testing in a multisite study.

Conclusion

The research aimed at developing an effective tool which was useful in both clinical and research purposes. The end product will be beneficial at a clinical level for the evaluation and improvement of care quality. The conclusion also provides benefits with respect to national level. PainCQ is a performance measures which can give benefits in the form of improvement in performance. This could be combined with the measures established by the national organizations.

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The article finds support for PainCQ version 3 and its validity. Qualitative data established the items. On the other hand, the arrangement of the items indicated theories which resulted due to qualitative study of these data. Third, items, which retained had analysis according to the experts who incorporated the items. In the end, the there was an assessment of the items in a ...