Neonatal admission and its relationship to maternal pain: Pain scores and analgesia

The aim of this study was to determine whether postnatal women whose babies required neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) admission self-reported lower pain scores and required less analgesia than women whose babies remained with them. A prospective matched audit comparing pain scores and analgesia r...

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Main Authors: Cooper, Alannah, Brown, Janie, Kelly, S., Eccles, S.P., Parsons, R., Osseiran-Moisson, Rebecca
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS 2020
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/87155
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author Cooper, Alannah
Brown, Janie
Kelly, S.
Eccles, S.P.
Parsons, R.
Osseiran-Moisson, Rebecca
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Brown, Janie
Kelly, S.
Eccles, S.P.
Parsons, R.
Osseiran-Moisson, Rebecca
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description The aim of this study was to determine whether postnatal women whose babies required neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) admission self-reported lower pain scores and required less analgesia than women whose babies remained with them. A prospective matched audit comparing pain scores and analgesia requirements where every woman with a baby admitted to the NICU was matched to 2 women whose babies remained on the ward was undertaken. Matches were based on age, number of previous births, type of birth, episiotomy, and epidural or spinal analgesia use. Data were collected on pain scores and analgesia administered in the first 72 hours postbirth. A total of 150 women were recruited and matched from November 2015 to May 2017. No statistically significant differences were found between the 2 groups for opiate analgesia use (P =.91) or pain scores (P =.89). Regardless of NICU admission, significantly higher pain scores were reported in participants who had episiotomies (P =.03). Birth via cesarean birth resulted in significantly higher pain scores (P <.01) and greater opiate administration (P <.01). This study found no statistically significant difference between pain scores or analgesia use of mothers whose babies required NICU admission and mothers whose babies remained with them.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-871552022-01-12T01:48:17Z Neonatal admission and its relationship to maternal pain: Pain scores and analgesia Cooper, Alannah Brown, Janie Kelly, S. Eccles, S.P. Parsons, R. Osseiran-Moisson, Rebecca Science & Technology Life Sciences & Biomedicine Nursing Obstetrics & Gynecology Pediatrics analgesia birth neonatal intensive care pain postpartum MOTHERS SYMPTOMS RELIEF The aim of this study was to determine whether postnatal women whose babies required neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) admission self-reported lower pain scores and required less analgesia than women whose babies remained with them. A prospective matched audit comparing pain scores and analgesia requirements where every woman with a baby admitted to the NICU was matched to 2 women whose babies remained on the ward was undertaken. Matches were based on age, number of previous births, type of birth, episiotomy, and epidural or spinal analgesia use. Data were collected on pain scores and analgesia administered in the first 72 hours postbirth. A total of 150 women were recruited and matched from November 2015 to May 2017. No statistically significant differences were found between the 2 groups for opiate analgesia use (P =.91) or pain scores (P =.89). Regardless of NICU admission, significantly higher pain scores were reported in participants who had episiotomies (P =.03). Birth via cesarean birth resulted in significantly higher pain scores (P <.01) and greater opiate administration (P <.01). This study found no statistically significant difference between pain scores or analgesia use of mothers whose babies required NICU admission and mothers whose babies remained with them. 2020 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/87155 10.1097/JPN.0000000000000452 English LIPPINCOTT WILLIAMS & WILKINS fulltext
spellingShingle Science & Technology
Life Sciences & Biomedicine
Nursing
Obstetrics & Gynecology
Pediatrics
analgesia
birth
neonatal intensive care
pain
postpartum
MOTHERS
SYMPTOMS
RELIEF
Cooper, Alannah
Brown, Janie
Kelly, S.
Eccles, S.P.
Parsons, R.
Osseiran-Moisson, Rebecca
Neonatal admission and its relationship to maternal pain: Pain scores and analgesia
title Neonatal admission and its relationship to maternal pain: Pain scores and analgesia
title_full Neonatal admission and its relationship to maternal pain: Pain scores and analgesia
title_fullStr Neonatal admission and its relationship to maternal pain: Pain scores and analgesia
title_full_unstemmed Neonatal admission and its relationship to maternal pain: Pain scores and analgesia
title_short Neonatal admission and its relationship to maternal pain: Pain scores and analgesia
title_sort neonatal admission and its relationship to maternal pain: pain scores and analgesia
topic Science & Technology
Life Sciences & Biomedicine
Nursing
Obstetrics & Gynecology
Pediatrics
analgesia
birth
neonatal intensive care
pain
postpartum
MOTHERS
SYMPTOMS
RELIEF
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/87155