Assessment of acute pain and its management in an urban emergency department in Ghana
The study revealed that documentation of pain severity scores of patients presenting with acute pain at KATH ED was encouraging, however, most patients did not receive timely pain relief. The average waiting time for the initial assessment of pain as well as the administration of analgesia was extremely prolonged. Despite this, three out of every four of the study participants had maximum satisfaction for the overall pain treatment services in the ED. These findings suggest that pain management practices at KATH ED need improvement.
Authors
- Jonathan Boakye-Yiadom (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1733-7200)
- Kwabena Antwi-Donkor
- Johnpaul Amenu
- Richard Delali Agbeko Djochie (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8643-7163)
- Ronald Feldman. Maio
- Abigail Mensah Hammond
- Michael Arthur Ofori
- Ama Antwi-Donkor
- Godfred Boakye
- Enoch Opoku Afriyie
Institutions
- Bloomberg (United States) (US)
- University of Cape Coast (GH)
- University of Mines and Technology (GH)
- University of Michigan (US)
- Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital (GH)
- Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (GH)
- Michigan United (US)
- Ghana Armed Forces Command and Staff College (GH)
- 37 Military Hospital (GH)
- University of Memphis (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- PLoS ONE
- Published
- 2026-03-20
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0343797
- Primary Topic
- Pediatric Pain Management Techniques
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00