Nurses' Perspectives on Pediatric Pain Management: A Systematic Review

A qualitative meta-synthesis of nine studies exploring nurses' perspectives on pain management in pediatric care. The review was conducted by Majd Elmobasher, registered with PROSPERO, and published on figshare in May 2026. It identifies five key themes, including barriers and facilitators, with confidence assessed via the GRADE-CERQual approach.

Use Cases

• Identify systemic barriers in pediatric pain management based on the synthesized theme 'Being Defeated by Pain'.
• Analyze the role of cultural factors in clinical decision-making based on the 'Culture-Related Pain Management' theme.
• Study tensions between clinical guidelines and personal experience based on the 'Evidence-Based vs. Experience-Based Pain Assessment' theme.
• Design training interventions for nurses based on the challenges in 'Pharmacological vs. Non-Pharmacological Interventions'.
• Model the importance of family involvement in care protocols based on the 'Family Participation is a Necessity' theme.

Strengths

• Synthesis is based on nine qualitative studies selected via a systematic PRISMA 2020 methodology.
• Findings are assessed for confidence using the established GRADE-CERQual approach, with two themes rated high confidence.
• Dataset is openly licensed under CC-BY-4.0, facilitating reuse and sharing.

Limitations

• The dataset is a 31.8 KB DOCX document, indicating a limited textual summary rather than raw interview data or a structured dataset.
• Row count and column-level documentation are absent; the content is a narrative synthesis.
• The geographic and temporal scope of the included primary studies is not specified in the provided description.

Provenance

Source

figshare

Collection Method

Systematic review and meta-synthesis of qualitative literature from CINAHL, PubMed, and Nursing journals.

Time Range

The review was registered with PROSPERO (CRD420251034205); the temporal coverage of the included studies is not specified.

Freshness

Last updated 2026-05 08 05:54:08

Geography

The geographic scope of the included studies is not specified in the provided description.