Patient Controlled Analgesia Pump Cues on Patient Satisfaction

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Postoperative Pain

In brief

To examine whether providing patients with a cue to the availability of pain medication affects patient satisfaction, patient anxiety, PCA efficacy, and safety.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02456909

Run by

Medical College of Wisconsin

People needed

176

Starts

2015-04-01

Expected to finish

2019-10-03

Last updated by the study team

2021-09-08

Who can join

Age: 7 and older, up to 18. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• 7-18 years
• Opioid naïve
• Scheduled for a surgery for which a PCA is routinely used for post-operative pain management
• At least 1 parent speaks English

You may not qualify if…

• Prior experience with PCA
• Cognitive delay precluding independent use of the PCA button
• Current use of anxiolytics or antidepressants
• Patients receiving epidural analgesia

Where it is running

• Children's Hospital of Wisconsin — Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States

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