Background: Good pain relief can reduce suffering, decrease the prevalence of postoperativecomplications and shorten the hospital stay. The nurse has an important responsibility toevaluate and meet the patient's need for pain relief. There exists several shortages regarding how this is managed today and a need for development of the organization as well as pain reliefin practice. Investigation of patients' experiences of post-operative pain and pain relief can increase the understanding of what it means to have pain and what factors are considered important for good postoperative pain relief. The frame of reference for this article is Katie Eriksson's theory about human suffering. Aim: The aim was to describe patients' experiences of post-operative pain and pain relief. Method: The study was a qualitative literature study with ten original articles found via PubMed and CINAHL. A content analysis was used. The quality control was performed in accordance to SBU:s form for quality in original articles by qualitative methodology. The content analysis was implemented using the methodology by Forsberg and Wengström. Result: Patients who were sufficiently informed both verbally and by writing experienced better control over the pain. Lacking information and prior experiences of side effects loweredthe expectations of pain relief. The expectations were also influenced by the patient'supbringing and environment. Healthcare personnel who took responsibility and had goodpersonal treatment increased the feeling of safety. Factors that worsened the pain relief and the experience of pain were difficulties in describing the pain, lack of information, stressfulworking conditions for the personnel, side effects of the medicines and a willingness to meet the expectations of the healthcare personnel. Conclusion: Pain is an individual experience and pain relief is a complex field. There existsseveral factors that promote respectively exacerbate the experience of pain and pain relief. The factors show the significance of nurses´ responsiveness and to work in partnership with thepatient. It also indicates a need for change regarding the high workload and lack of routines inpain relief care. Keywords: Pain relief, patient experience, postoperative pain.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:uu-495176 |
| Date | January 2022 |
| Creators | Danielsson, Filippa, Utbult, Hanna |
| Publisher | Uppsala universitet, Institutionen för folkhälso- och vårdvetenskap |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | Swedish |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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