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Patient attitudes towards analgesia and their openness to non‐pharmacological methods such as acupuncture in the emergency department
Author(s) -
Jan Andrew L,
Aldridge Emogene S,
Rogers Ian R,
Visser Eric J,
Bulsara Max K,
Hince Dana A
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
emergency medicine australasia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.602
H-Index - 52
eISSN - 1742-6723
pISSN - 1742-6731
DOI - 10.1111/1742-6723.13218
Subject(s) - medicine , acupuncture , emergency department , pain relief , addiction , logistic regression , anesthesia , patient satisfaction , acupuncture analgesia , physical therapy , alternative medicine , electroacupuncture , surgery , psychiatry , pathology
Objective To investigate patient attitudes to analgesia, opioids and non‐pharmacological analgesia, including acupuncture, in the ED. Methods ED patients with pain were surveyed regarding: pain scores, satisfaction, addiction concern, non‐pharmacological methods of pain relief and acupuncture. Data were analysed using logistic regression. Results Of 196 adult patients, 52.8% were ‘very satisfied’ with analgesia. Most patients (84.7%) would accept non‐pharmacological methods including acupuncture (68.9%) and 78.6% were not concerned about addiction . Satisfaction was associated with male gender, and ‘adequate analgesia’ but not with opioids. Conclusion Most patients were generally satisfied with ED analgesia and were open to non‐pharmacologic analgesia including acupuncture.