Parents’ knowledge, attitudes, use of pain relief methods and satisfaction related to their children's postoperative pain management: a descriptive correlational study

Abstract

Health professionals need to provide more information to equip parents with knowledge and skills regarding paediatric postoperative pain management.

Effects of postoperative pain management educational interventions on the outcomes of parents and their children who underwent an inpatient elective surgery: A randomized controlled trial

“…All instruments used to measure the outcomes in this study were valid and reliable (He, Zhu, Chan, Xiao, et al., ; Pölkki, Vehviläinen‐Julkunen, & Pietilä, ). The knowledge of and the attitudes held by the parents regarding pain management were measured using the Pain Management Knowledge and Attitudes (PMKA) questionnaire (Chng et al., ), which has three subscales that use a five‐point Likert scale for the responses: 5‐item knowledge (total scores ranged 5–25), 7‐item general attitude (total scores ranged 7–35) and 5‐item negative attitude towards pain medication (total scores ranged 5–25) subscales. Higher scores in the knowledge and general attitude subscales indicate that the parent holds more knowledge of and better attitudes towards pain management while lower scores on the negative attitude subscale indicate a better attitude towards pain medication.…”

A randomized controlled trial of the effectiveness of an educational intervention on outcomes of parents and their children undergoing inpatient elective surgery: study protocol

“…The modified Parents' Use of Pain Relief Strategies (PUPRS) questionnaire (Pölkki et al . , Chng ) will be used to measure parents' use of strategies to relieve their child's pain (behaviour related to pain management) and their satisfaction with their child's pain management postoperatively. There are three sections.…”

“…Different portions of the instrument have been used in previous studies (Huth et al 2003 stra et al 2008) with good validity and reliability. The content validity of the PMKA questionnaire has been validated by eight experts in the field of paediatrics, pain and research and the scale-content validity index (S-CVI) is acceptable at 0Á85 (Chng 2013). The Cronbach's alpha coefficients for the PMKA questionnaire and its three subscales were 0Á84, 0Á91, 0Á79 and 0Á81 respectively (Chng 2013).…”

“…The content validity of the PMKA questionnaire has been validated by eight experts in the field of paediatrics, pain and research and the scale-content validity index (S-CVI) is acceptable at 0Á85 (Chng 2013). The Cronbach's alpha coefficients for the PMKA questionnaire and its three subscales were 0Á84, 0Á91, 0Á79 and 0Á81 respectively (Chng 2013). The modified Parents' Use of Pain Relief Strategies (PUP-RS) questionnaire (P€ olkki et al 2002b(P€ olkki et al , Chng 2013) will be used to measure parents' use of strategies to relieve their child's pain (behaviour related to pain management) and their satisfaction with their child's pain management postoperatively.…”

“…The final section contains only one openended question enquiring parents' recommendations for a better management of their child's pain postoperatively. This PUPRS questionnaire had good internal consistency with Cronbach's alpha values of 0Á93, 0Á87 and 0Á84, when used in Finland (P€ olkki et al 2002b), China (He et al 2006) and Singapore (Chng 2013) respectively.…”