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A longitudinal study of pain in hospice and pre-hospice patients

Michael R. Owens, MD, FACP

Eastern Virginia Medical School, Norfolk, Virginia, Sentara Hospice, Norfolk, Virginia

Bernadette Simmons, RN, MSN, MBA

Medical Records/Performance Improvement Department, Sentara Home Care Services, Norfolk, Virginia

Pamela S. Gibson, RN

Sentara Home Care Services, Norfolk, Virginia

Dorothy Weeks, RN, MS

Sentara Hospice Services, Norfolk Virginia

Pain continues to be a very formidable foe in the care of the hospice patient. The incidence among hospice admissions may range from 50 to 80 percent. With such a high initial incidence of pain, the rapidity with which pain can be controlled becomes a very high priority for the hospice effort. The assessment and management of pain in a home-based hospice program presents some unique problems—and opportunities, in that much of this work is done by hospice nurses on site, rather than by the physician, who might remain quite removed from the process. In the study described below, 250 consecutive admissions to either a hospice, or pre-hospice (bridge) program were assessed for pain on admission. Those with pain scores of 5 or greater (on a 1 to 10 scale) were followed daily for 15 days by phone to reassess pain and treatment effects. Of the 250 consecutive patients surveyed, 41 (16 percent) gave pain scores of 5 or greater. Mean pain scores for the 41 patients dropped to < 5 within 24 hours of admission.

Key Words: bridge program • home-based hospice • pain management

American Journal of Hospice and Palliative Medicine®, Vol. 18, No. 2, 124-128 (2001)
DOI: 10.1177/104990910101800211
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