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Table 2 Overview of the result from all four countries

From: Children still experience pain during hospital stay: a cross-sectional study from four countries in Europe

    

Country

 

p-value

 

Sweden

Macedonia

Croatia

Bosnia-Herzegovina

Totally

 

Question

Yes/No

Yes/No

Yes/No

Yes/No

Yes/No

 

1. Did you/your child had any pain during the last24 h during hospital stay?

93/44

150/7

148/0

111/25

503/76

< 0.001a

2. Did the staff asked you/your child about pain during the last 24 h?

79/18

156/0

153/2

127/4

516/24

< 0.001a

3. Did you/your child had the possibility to assess pain during the last 24 h with e.g. VAS,

22/75

60/96

124/30

18/114

225/315

< 0.001a

4. Did the staff observed your/your child’s pain in order to assess it?

51/45

156/0

151/1

129/3

488/49

< 0.001a

 

0 = no pain

10 worst pain

   

median

   

5. Assess your/your child’s pain by circling the number that best describes the pain when it was the most intense during the last 24 h?

6.00

5.00

7.00

5.00

 

< 0.001b

6. Assess your/your child’s pain by circling the number that best describes your/your child’s pain right now

2.00

3.00

3.00

3.00

 

0.001b

 

Not at all % (n)

a little % (n)

rather good % (n)

good % (n)

very good % (n)

 

7. How satisfied are you with your/your child’s pain relief during the last 24 hours?

2.7 (16)

6.8 (40)

24.6 (145)

28.5 (168)

29.2 (172)

 
  1. aChi-square b Kruskal-Wallis