Table 2 Physicians’ assessment of pain in children and adolescents (n = 75)
Not at all | To a small extent | To some extent | Largely | To a very large extent | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | (%) | n | (%) | n | (%) | n | (%) | n | (%) | |
Do you often treat patients aged 0–19 years? | 0 | (0) | 4 | (5) | 36 | (48) | 32 | (43) | 3 | (4) |
Do you find it difficult to assess pain in children? | 0 | (0) | 7 | (9) | 56 | (75) | 9 | (12) | 3 | (4) |
Do you tend to use a pain scale for children aged 0 to 3 years? | 51 | (68) | 22 | (29) | 1 | (1) | 1 | (1) | 0 | (0) |
Do you tend to use a pain scale for children aged 3 to 8 years? | 29 | (39) | 29 | (39) | 11 | (15) | 6 | (8) | 0 | (0) |
Do you tend to use a pain scale for children and youth aged 8 to 19 years? | 14 | (19) | 17 | (23) | 24 | (32) | 15 | (20) | 5 | (7) |
Do you tend to give medicine to your young patients based on age alone? | 4 | (5) | 18 | (24) | 28 | (37) | 20 | (27) | 5 | (7) |
Do you tend to give medicine to your young patients based on weight alone? | 0 | (0) | 0 | (0) | 8 | (11) | 44 | (59) | 23 | (31) |
Do you weigh your young patients yourself? | 12 | (16) | 33 | (44) | 18 | (24) | 9 | (12) | 3 | (4) |
Do you tend to ask parents about the weight of your young patients? | 0 | (0) | 0 | (0) | 16 | (21) | 37 | (49) | 22 | (29) |
Do you calculate the dose per kg body weight before giving painkillers to the child? | 0 | (0) | 4 | (5) | 15 | (20) | 37 | (49) | 19 | (25) |
Do you follow Felleskatalogen’s dose recommendations in age/weight categories before giving painkillers to the child?a | 0 | (0) | 0 | (0) | 7 | (9) | 40 | (53) | 27 | (36) |