Educational Intervention to Strengthen Pediatric Postoperative Pain Management: A Cluster Randomized Trial

Special issue on “Children's and adolescents' rights to participate in their pain management”

“…However, children's rights, as described above, are not always prioritized,andhealthcareprovider'sownmeasurementsoftenguide the decision-making around children and adolescents´ pain management. 4 This means that it is necessary to develop and implement new strategies that optimize shared decision-making in pediatric healthcare.Inanattempttoallowchildrenandadolescentstotake onagreaterroleintheirownpainmanagement,newtoolsandinterventions are required to support acute and chronic pain measurement and treatment. This special issue includes five papers that showcase and expand knowledge about children's rights in pain management.…”

“…Self‐reports of the evaluation of pain management should be the first choice in pediatric healthcare. However, children's rights, as described above, are not always prioritized, and healthcare provider's own measurements often guide the decision‐making around children and adolescents´ pain management 4 . This means that it is necessary to develop and implement new strategies that optimize shared decision‐making in pediatric healthcare.…”