What do patients understand about methods of pain relief after surgery?

• Register: CTRI
• Last refreshed on: 24 November 2021
• Main ID: CTRI/2014/06/004705
• Date of registration: 26-06-2014
• Prospective Registration: Yes
• Primary sponsor: Nil
• Public title: What do patients understand about methods of pain relief after surgery?
• Scientific title: Patientsâ?? experience with epidural analgesia: A questionnaire survey
• Date of first enrolment: 02-07-2014
• Target sample size: 300
• Recruitment status: Completed
• URL: http://www.ctri.nic.in/Clinicaltrials/pmaindet2.php?trialid=9237
• Study type: Observational
• Study design: Other; Method of generating randomization sequence:Not Applicable Method of allocation concealment:Not Applicable Blinding and masking:Not Applicable
• Phase: N/A

Countries of recruitment

India

Contacts

• Name: Deepak Chavan
• Affiliation: Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai

• Name: Deepak Chavan
• Affiliation: Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai

Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Adult patients undergoing epidural catheter insertion for surgical procedures.

Patients with failed catheter insertions will also be included
Exclusion criteria: • Refusal to participate

• Epidural catheters inserted under general anaesthesia

• Patients on mechanical ventilation for more than 24 hours after surgery



Age minimum:
Age maximum:
Gender:

Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied

Health Condition 1: null- â?¢ Adult patients undergoing epidural catheter insertion for surgical procedures. Patients with failed catheter insertions will also be included

Intervention(s)

Intervention1: Nil: Nil
Control Intervention1: Nil: Nil

Primary Outcome(s)

The primary outcomes will be to identify percentage of patients who have:

1. Moderate â?? severe discomfort during epidural catheter insertion

2. Poor to average pain relief with epidural analgesia

3. Complications related to use of epidural

Timepoint: 1. 24 hours after surgery

2. Day 5 or discharge, whichever is earlier

Secondary Outcome(s)

to identify factors (patientâ??s educational status, pre-operative knowledge, factors related to the epidural catheter insertion) associated with patient discomfort during insertion or after surgeryTimepoint: at day 5 after surgery

Secondary ID(s)

NIL

Source(s) of Monetary Support

Nil

Ethics review

Status: Approved
Approval date: 27/03/2012
Contact:

Institutional Review Board - II