Table 3

Planned actions and completion rates of planned actions across the indicators in the feedback-only and feedback-with-toolbox group

Pain management indicatorNumber (%) of actions plannedNumber (%) of actions completed
Feedback only (n=81)Feedback with toolbox (n=153)P valueFeedback only (n=51)Feedback with toolbox (n=96)P value
Performing pain measurements30 (37.0%)51 (33.3%)0.50419 (37.3%)37 (38.5%)0.492
Re-measuring unacceptable pain within 1 hour35 (43.2%)58 (37.9%)22 (43.1%)31 (32.3%)
Acceptable pain scores8 (9.9%)20 (13.1%)5 (9.8%)12 (12.5%)
Unacceptable pain scores normalised within 1 hour8 (9.9%)24 (15.7%)5 (9.8%)16 (16.7%)