My research program aims to improve pain assessment and management of vulnerable patients in the intensive care unit (ICU), especially those who are unable to self-report, and includes the following objectives:
1. Develop and/or validate assessment tools and physiologic measures for the evaluation of pain in ICU patients of all ages.
2. Develop optimal strategies for the implementation of a systemic pain assessment approach integrating the use of self-report and a behavioural pain tool (i.e. the Critical-Care Pain Observational Tool or CPOT) in the ICU.
3. Evaluate the effectiveness of this approach on collaborative practices for ICU pain management and on patient outcomes over both the short and long term.