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Table 1 Themes and subtheme of nurses and pain assessment of casualties

From: Factors influencing nurses’ pain assessment and management of road traffic casualties: a qualitative study at a military hospital in Ghana

Main Themes

Subthemes

Patient Pain indicators

• Verbal expressions

• Non-verbal cues

• Physiological changes

• Severity of pain

Pain management

• Pain experiences

• Non-pharmacological

• Pharmacological

Institutional factors in patients’ pain management

• Staffing

• Pain managing resources