Kochuijt, Bram (2025) Evaluating the Impact of the Effectiveness of Treatment Score on Pain Management for Patients Consulted by the Pain Team: A Retrospective Exploratory Study. thesis, Medicine.
Full text available on request.Abstract
Background: Pain is a common complaint among hospitalised patients; some require specialist treatment. At the University Medical Center Groningen (UMCG), the Effectiveness of Treatment score (ET-score) assesses pain management effectiveness. This score ranges from 1 (very low - treatment is going very poorly) to 5 (very high - optimal results, no significant concerns). The ET-score indicates required attention and is used to triage patients for the pain team meeting. This study aimed to evaluate changes in ET-score during consultation, and examine the correlation between the effectiveness of treatment according to the pain team and the patients' perceived pain. Methods: This study had a retrospective, observational design. Patients were randomly selected from pain team consults between January 1, 2023, and September 30, 2024. Exclusion criteria were age ≤ 17 and ≤ 1 ET-score entry. The ET and Numeric Rating Scale (NRS) scores were manually extracted from electronic patient files by the researcher. Data was analysed using SPSS®. Results: 125 patients were included; mean age was 53.0 ± 17.4 years. 63.2% were female, 36.8% male. Patients were admitted with a diagnosis in internal medicine (28.8%), surgical specialities (23.2%), or oncology (48.0%). The ET-score showed a statistically significant median increase from 3 to 4 (n = 117, p < 0.001), and demonstrated a moderate negative correlation with the NRS-score (n = 214, r = -0.504, p = 0.001). Conclusions: The ET-score shows promise for assessing treatment effectiveness and triaging patients. However, further development and validation are necessary for daily clinical use.
| Item Type: | Thesis (UNSPECIFIED) |
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| Supervisor name: | Wolff, Prof. Dr. and Timmerman, Dr. Hans |
| Faculty: | Medical Sciences |
| Date Deposited: | 25 Mar 2026 14:26 |
| Last Modified: | 25 Mar 2026 14:26 |
| URI: | https://umcg.studenttheses.ub.rug.nl/id/eprint/3910 |
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