[Utilization of Behavioral Pain Scale and Critical Care Pain Observation Tool for pain evaluation in Intensive Care Unit].

AIM: To compare two evaluation pain scale the Behavioral Pain Scale (BPS) e Critical Care Pain Observation Tool (CPOT) in Intensive Care Unit in the Azienda Ospedaliera di Monza, and their correlation. To evaluate if consciousness level (evaluate through a third scale the Ritchmond Agitation Sedation Scale - RASS) influence the use of the pain scales.

METHODS: 1083 data were collected from May 2012 and November 2012. The sample was made up by 36 patients, of these 20 men and 16 women, average age of 62,94±13,21 and hospital stay on average of 17±12 days.

RESULTS: BPS median is 3 (Q1: 3 - Q3:3 - range 3-12), CPOT median is (Q1-Quartile 25%: 0 - Q3- Quartile 75% : 1, range 0-8), RASS median is-1 (Q1: -4, Q3: 0 - range 0/- 5). Corellational coefficient is 0.784. There is a overall difficulty on use BPS and CPOT expecially with individuals with RASS -1.

CONCLUSIONS: Results of this study suggest the need to carry out further research, expanding the validation of the pain scales for patients not able to speach to unexplored patients.