Validation of the quality of The National Pain Database for pain management services in the United Kingdom
Validation of the quality of The National Pain Database for pain management services in the United Kingdom
Data on specialist pain management is scarce. We evaluated PainDB, a database which aggregates this information from UK pain clinics. PainDB entries for 1120 patients (2648 consultations) were compared to records at 30 pain clinics. Staff were surveyed about normal practice at 28 sites. First consultations (17 135) on the aggregated PainDB were analysed for 2003 for omissions. Those consultations included on PainDB (54.6%) showed good concurrence with written notes (88.1%), with no pattern for the missing visits. Questionnaire responses were often absent from notes (56%) and diagnosis was most frequently omitted from PainDB (12.4–18.4%). Clinic staff overestimated completeness. Despite commitment, PainDB is currently unsuitable for research or audit. As routine hospital data should provide information on activity, specific questions on severity and outcome could be answered by short-term recording of predefined variables.
pain measurement/standards, databases, factual/standards
pain/etiology
Pain/therapy
Pain Clinics/standards
Pain Measurement/standards
1217-1221
Hall, G.C.
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Bryant, T.N.
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Merrett, L.K.
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Price, C.
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November 2008
Hall, G.C.
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Bryant, T.N.
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Merrett, L.K.
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Price, C.
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Hall, G.C., Bryant, T.N., Merrett, L.K. and Price, C.
(2008)
Validation of the quality of The National Pain Database for pain management services in the United Kingdom.
Anaesthesia, 63 (11), .
(doi:10.1111/j.1365-2044.2008.05609.x).
Abstract
Data on specialist pain management is scarce. We evaluated PainDB, a database which aggregates this information from UK pain clinics. PainDB entries for 1120 patients (2648 consultations) were compared to records at 30 pain clinics. Staff were surveyed about normal practice at 28 sites. First consultations (17 135) on the aggregated PainDB were analysed for 2003 for omissions. Those consultations included on PainDB (54.6%) showed good concurrence with written notes (88.1%), with no pattern for the missing visits. Questionnaire responses were often absent from notes (56%) and diagnosis was most frequently omitted from PainDB (12.4–18.4%). Clinic staff overestimated completeness. Despite commitment, PainDB is currently unsuitable for research or audit. As routine hospital data should provide information on activity, specific questions on severity and outcome could be answered by short-term recording of predefined variables.
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Published date: November 2008
Keywords:
pain measurement/standards, databases, factual/standards
pain/etiology
Pain/therapy
Pain Clinics/standards
Pain Measurement/standards
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URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/66422
ISSN: 0003-2409
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