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Table 6 Therapy for Moderate/Severe Pain Comparison between the two audits

From: Pain prevalence and pain management in children and adolescents in an italian third level pediatric hospital: a cross-sectional study

Audit YEAR

2016

2020

p-value

Patients n

75

63

 

Patients with M/S P

32 (43%)

32 (55%)

0.131

Mean value PMI

− 0.8

-1.3

0.011

Standard Deviation PMI

± 1.3

± 0,9

 

Minimum PMI

− 3

-3

 

Maximum PMI

+ 2

0

 

PMI < 0 (undertreated Pain)

60%(45/75)

87%(55/63)

< 0.001

PMI ≥ 0

40%(30/75)

13%(8/63)

 

Time Based therapy

44%(33/75)

63%(40/63)

0.038

Intermittent Therapy

25%(40/75)

22%(14/63)

 

No Therapy

31%(23/75)

15%(9/63)

 

Multimodal Analgesia

23%(17/75)

13%(8/63)

0.130