Table 2.
Patients’ demographics and quality of pain management at EDs of CHUK and CHUB.
| Variable | Pre-intervention N: 124 n (%) |
Post-intervention, N:137 n (%) |
P-Value |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Age (years) < 20 21- 40 41- 60 > 60 |
6 (5) 75 (60) 36 (29) 7 (6) |
32 (23.3) 45 (33) 32 (23.3) 28 (20.4) |
< 0.001 |
|
Sex male female |
94 (76) 30 (24) |
100 (73) 37 (27) |
> 0.05 |
|
Hospital CHUB CHUK |
39 (31.5) 85 (68.5) |
46 (33.6) 91 (66.4) |
> 0.05 |
|
Pain level (Scores) undocumented mild (<3) moderate (4-6) severe (7-10) |
72 (58) 46 (37) 5 (4) 1 (1) |
33 (24) 86 (62) 16 (12) 2 (1) |
< 0.001 |
|
Pain management Opioids fentanyl morphine tramadol morphine + pethidine morphine + tramadol NSAIDS diclofenac ibuprofen ibuprofen + diclofenac Other drugs paracetamol ketamine Non-pharmacological cold pack prayer talking to medical staff talking to friends and relatives |
2 (1.6) 51 (41) 3 (2) 1 (1) 0 (0) 85 (69) 29 (23) 10 (8) 85 (69) 1(1) 6 (5) 4 (3) 2 (1.6) 1 (1) |
1 (0.7) 74 (54) 3 (2) 0 (0) 2 (1.5) 47 (34) 85 (62) 3 (2) 115 (84) 2 (1.5) 24 (18) 5 (4) 20 (15) 3 (2) |
< 0.001 |
|
Level of satisfaction very satisfied satisfied neutral dissatisfied |
43 (24) 28 (18) 22 (23) 30 (35) |
81 (60) 27 (20) 26 (19) 2 (1) |
< 0.001 |
CHUK: University Teaching Hospital of Kigali, CHUB: University Teaching Hospital of Butare, NSAIDS: Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs