id author title date pages extension mime words sentences flesch summary cache txt work_axpx5sds4nendlaof4shbcinwu G Harding PPN11 DEVELOPMENT OF AN INSTRUMENT TO CAPTURE EASE-OFCARE OUTCOMES IN PATIENTS TREATED WITH PCA DELIVERY SYSTEMS 2004 1 .pdf application/pdf 1016 78 44 PPN11: DEVELOPMENT OF AN INSTRUMENT TO CAPTURE EASE-OFCARE OUTCOMES IN PATIENTS TREATED WITH PCA DELIVERY SYSTEMS of therapy was 183 days, with 40% of patients receiving narcotic analgesics for greater than 120 days. DEVELOPMENT OF AN INSTRUMENT TO CAPTURE EASE-OFCARE OUTCOMES IN PATIENTS TREATED WITH PCA Patient Controlled Analgesia (PCA) is a common method of postsurgical pain management. optimal in terms of overall convenience, ease of use, and effectiveness of managing pain from a patient's perspective has not patients who use PCA delivery systems for post-operative pain RESULTS: The final Patient Ease-of-Care Questionnaire consists of 28 items and covers seven aspects associated instrument to capture "ease-of-care" outcomes among patients The instrument is currently being used in clinical trials comparing two PCA delivery systems. OBJECTIVES: To develop questionnaires to measure "ease-ofcare" outcomes from the perspective of nurses and physical therapists who manage the care of patients treated for acute pain ./cache/work_axpx5sds4nendlaof4shbcinwu.pdf ./txt/work_axpx5sds4nendlaof4shbcinwu.txt