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Table 2 Pain assessment and management of adult trauma patients by pain level

From: Pain assessment and management of trauma patients in an emergency department of a tertiary hospital in Tanzania

NRS pain score

Mild

Moderate

Severe

P value

Provider pain assessment (aN = 285)

149 (52.2%)

59 (20.7%)

77 (30.1%)

0.008

RA NRS pain assessment (bN = 311)

154 (49.5%)

68 (21.8%)

89 (28.6%)

< 0.00001

Pain medications given in EMD (n/N)

29/154 (18.8%)

41/68 (60.3%)

74/ 89 (83.1%)

< 0.00001

  1. a 26 patients did not receive pain reassessment
  2. bResearch assistant (RA) performed NRS pain assessment