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    Experiences of acute pain in children who present to a healthcare facility for treatment: a systematic review of qualitative evidence.

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    Authors
    Pope, Nicole
    Tallon, Mary
    McConigley, Ruth
    Leslie, Gavin
    Wilson, Sunni
    Date
    2017
    Type
    Journal Article
    
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    Pope, N. and Tallon, M. and McConigley, R. and Leslie, G. and Wilson, S. 2017. Experiences of acute pain in children who present to a healthcare facility for treatment: a systematic review of qualitative evidence. JBI Database of Systematic Reviews and Implementation Reports. 15 (6): pp. 1612-1644.
    Source Title
    JBI Database of Systematic Reviews and Implementation Reports
    DOI
    10.11124/JBISRIR-2016-003029
    ISSN
    2202-4433
    Faculty
    Faculty of Health Sciences
    School
    Curtin School of Nursing
    Curtin School of Population Health
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/87348
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    • Curtin Research Publications
    Abstract

    BACKGROUND: Pain is a universal and complex phenomenon that is personal, subjective and specific. Despite growing knowledge in pediatric pain, management of children's pain remains sub-optimal and is linked to negative behavioral and physiological consequences later in life. As there is no synthesis of these studies, it was timely to undertake a systematic review.

    OBJECTIVES: To identify, evaluate and synthesize the existing qualitative evidence on children's experiences of acute pain, including pain management, within a healthcare facility.

    INCLUSION CRITERIA TYPES OF PARTICIPANTS: Children aged four to 18 years (inclusive) attending a healthcare facility who experienced acute pain associated with any injury, medical condition or treatment.

    PHENOMENA OF INTEREST: Children's experiences and perceptions of their acute pain, pain management and expectations of others in managing their pain. Studies on children's experiences of pain in the postoperative context were excluded as a systematic review exploring this phenomenon had previously been published. Studies reporting on children's experiences of chronic pain were also excluded.

    CONTEXT: Any healthcare facility including general practitioners' surgeries, hospitals, emergency departments and outpatient clinics.

    TYPES OF STUDIES: Qualitative studies including phenomenology, grounded theory, ethnography, action research and feminist research designs.

    SEARCH STRATEGY: Using a three-step search strategy, databases were searched in December 2015 to identify both published and unpublished articles from 2000 to 2015. Studies published in languages other than English were excluded.

    METHODOLOGICAL QUALITY: All studies that met the inclusion criteria were assessed by at least two independent reviewers for methodological quality using a standardized critical appraisal tool from the Joanna Briggs Institute Qualitative Assessment and Review Instrument (JBI-QARI).

    DATA EXTRACTION: Data were extracted from the papers included in the review using standardized data extraction tool from JBI-QARI.

    DATA SYNTHESIS: Findings were pooled using JBI-QARI. Findings were rated according to their level of credibility and categorized based on similarity in meaning and then were subjected to a meta-synthesis.

    RESULTS: Four studies were included in this review. Two meta-syntheses were generated from five categories based on 21 findings: first, children can express their pain experiences in terms of cause, location, meaning and quality. Children's pain experiences include both physical and psychological dimensions. Children's pain experiences are influenced by their previous pain experiences, pain expectations and sociocultural factors. Second, children use a range of cognitive/behavioral and sensory/physical self-soothing strategies not only to help manage their pain, but also rely on the actions and presence of others as helpers when they are in pain.

    CONCLUSION: Children's pain is a multi-dimensional complex phenomenon relying upon a multi-modal approach to management. Children as young as four years are capable of articulating their pain in terms of location, intensity and depth. The way children perceive, express and respond to pain is shaped by sociocultural factors, previous pain experiences and their expectations of pain. Children, parents and healthcare professionals play an important role in managing children's pain experiences.

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