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Barriers to Better Pain Control in Hospitalized Patients
Rebecca A Drayer, BS, Jessica Henderson, BS, Marcus Reidenberg, MD Journal of Pain and Symptom Management Volume 17, Issue 6, Pages (June 1999) DOI: /S (99)
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Fig. 1 Distribution of patients’ pain scores stratified by diagnoses
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Fig. 2 Distribution of differences between patients’ pain ratings and caregivers’ rating of patients’ pain for each patient. The caregiver’s rating is subtracted from the patient’s rating Journal of Pain and Symptom Management , DOI: ( /S (99) )
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Fig. 3 Distribution of differences between patients’ pain rating and caregivers predictions of patients’ pain rating. The caregiver’s prediction is subtracted from the patient’s rating. There is a large variation in how intense the caregiver thinks the patient’s pain really is and what the caregiver thinks the patient will say the pain intensity is Journal of Pain and Symptom Management , DOI: ( /S (99) )
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Fig. 4 Correlation of the patient’s pain rating with the observed pain behavior rating. Spearman rank-order correlation (rs) = 0.357, P < 0.02 for N = 45 Journal of Pain and Symptom Management , DOI: ( /S (99) )
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Fig. 5 Correlation of the nurse’s rating of a patient’s pain with the doctor’s rating of the same patient’s pain. rs = 0.21, P > 0.1. (N = 44 since a do not know answer from doctor or nurse occurred 6 times) Journal of Pain and Symptom Management , DOI: ( /S (99) )
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