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| Year : 2016 | Volume
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| Issue : 5 | Page : 464-469 |
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Validation of critical care pain observation tool in patients hospitalized in surgical wards
Malihe Rafiei1, Ahmad Ghadami2, Alireza Irajpour3, Avat Feizi4
1 Students Research Center, School of Nursing and Midwifery, Isfahan University of Medical Science, Isfahan, Iran
2 Department of Operating Room, Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
3 Nursing and Midwifery Care Research Centre, Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
4 Department of Biology Statistics, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
Correspondence Address:
Alireza Irajpour
Nursing and Midwifery Care Research Centre, Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan
Iran
 Source of Support: None, Conflict of Interest: None  | Check |
DOI: 10.4103/1735-9066.193391
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Background: Application of a reliable and authentic behavioral tool for measuring patients' pain, hospitalized in intensive care units who are not able to establish relationship, is needed severely. Therefore, this study is conducted with the aim of validating Critical Care Pain Observation Tool (CPOT) in patients hospitalized in surgical wards.
Materials and Methods: CPOT was first translated into Persian and was psychometrically measured in terms of content.
Then, this study was conducted as cross-sectional study on 60 patients who were hospitalized in surgical wards. The degree of pain was measured by the patients using a self-report pain tool (NRS) and with the help of two nurses using CPOT during two painful and nonpainful procedures. Eventually, diagnosed validity and reliability was studied.
Results: It should be noted that the content validity of CPOT was approved by panel of specialists. In addition, validity of this tool was confirmed with high internal cluster correlation (nonpainful procedure (0.997) and painful procedure (0.726). The diagnostic validity was supported with the increased CPOT score during position change and its constancy during the measurement of blood pressure (P < 0.001). Despite higher NRS scores than CPOT, CPOT criterion validity was confirmed due to the correlation between the scores obtained by these two tools (P < 0.001).
Conclusions: CPOT is a valid and reliable tool to study pain in patients hospitalized in intensive care units. |
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