Effect of intensive pain nursing intervention in traumatic orthopedic patients in emergency department

Abstract

Objective To explore the effect of intensive pain nursing intervention in traumatic orthopedic patients in emergency department. Methods Eighty-nine emergency traumatic orthopedic patients in our hospital from January 2016 to January 2017 were given routine nursing (control group), and eighty-nine emergency traumatic orthopedic patients in our hospital from February 2017 to February 2018 were given intensive pain nursing (observation group). The pain degree, sleep quality before and after nursing, and nursing satisfaction were compared between the two groups. Results The incidence of mild pain, moderate pain, and severe pain in the observation group were 49.44%, 41.57%, and 8.99%, respectively after 1 week of nursing, those in the control group were 28.09%, 47.19%, 24.72%, with statistically significant difference (P<0.05). The scores of quality of sleep, sleep latency, sleep time, sleep efficiency, sleep disorder, hypnotic drugs, and daytime dysfunction in the observation group were (0.52±0.14), (2.24±1.24), (0.48±0.21), (3.05±0.65), (4.33±1.13), (0.72±0.32), and (3.14±0.56), which were better than those in the control group [(1.78±0.31), (6.36±1.15), (2.36±0.43), (7.42±0.54), (14.53±1.37), (2.54±0.47), (6.92±0.63)], with statistically significant differences (P<0.05). The nursing satisfaction of the observation group was 97.75%, which was higher than that of the control group (83.15%), with statistically significant difference (P<0.05). Conclusion Intensive pain nursing intervention in emergency traumatic orthopedic patients can effectively reduce the degree of pain, improve sleep quality and nursing satisfaction, which is worth promoting. Key words: Intensive pain nursing intervention; Emergency department; Trauma orthopedics; Pain degree; Sleep quality; Nursing satisfaction