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The study of nurses’ knowledge and attitudes regarding pain management and control in emergency departments
BACKGROUND: Given the importance and pivotal role of nurses in pain management and control, this study was conducted to determine the nurses’ knowledge and attitudes toward in emergency departments. METHODS: This study was designed and conducted as a descriptive-analytical cross-sectional study. Nur...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10009925/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36907850 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12873-023-00793-y |
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author | Ahmadi, Sajjad Vojdani, Parya MortezaBagi, Hamid Reza |
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description | BACKGROUND: Given the importance and pivotal role of nurses in pain management and control, this study was conducted to determine the nurses’ knowledge and attitudes toward in emergency departments. METHODS: This study was designed and conducted as a descriptive-analytical cross-sectional study. Nurses’ attitude and knowledge towards pain management and control and relationship between their demographic characteristics have been assessed. Nurse Attitude Survey (NAS) and Pain management and control principles assessment Test (PMPAT) questionnaires were used. RESULTS: Totally 400 volunteers, including 148 (37.2%) male and 250 (62.8%) female nurses recruited from 23 hospitals in East Azerbaijan, Iran, with a mean age of 30.88 years (± 6.04 SD) and age range between 22 and 53 years old. The crude mean score of participants’ knowledge of pain management and control was 12.51 (± 2.77 SD), and standardized mean score was 40.34 (± 8.92 SD), which was low at 84.8% and moderate in 15.3% of the participants. Older nurses and nurses who previously participated in pain retraining courses had significantly less knowledge about pain management and control (r= -0.104, P = 0.038), and (r= -0.148, P = 0.003) respectively. The crude mean score of participants’ attitudes toward pain control and management was 15.22 (± 2.56 SD), and standardized mean score was 60.87 (± 10.26 SD). Nurses’ attitudes have become more negative with the increase of their work experience (r = -0.168, P = 0.001), and previously participation in pain retraining courses (r =-0.207, P < 0.001). Older nurses and highly educated nurses had significantly more negative attitudes towards pain control and management (r = -0.153, P = 0.002), and (r= -0.126, P = 0.005), respectively. CONCLUSIONS: The current study revealed that pain management and control knowledge in most emergency nurses was low, and most of them had a moderate attitude. We need more scientific and comprehensive pain management and control training courses to improve knowledge and attitude among health workers and nurses. |
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spelling | pubmed-100099252023-03-14 The study of nurses’ knowledge and attitudes regarding pain management and control in emergency departments Ahmadi, Sajjad Vojdani, Parya MortezaBagi, Hamid Reza BMC Emerg Med Research BACKGROUND: Given the importance and pivotal role of nurses in pain management and control, this study was conducted to determine the nurses’ knowledge and attitudes toward in emergency departments. METHODS: This study was designed and conducted as a descriptive-analytical cross-sectional study. Nurses’ attitude and knowledge towards pain management and control and relationship between their demographic characteristics have been assessed. Nurse Attitude Survey (NAS) and Pain management and control principles assessment Test (PMPAT) questionnaires were used. RESULTS: Totally 400 volunteers, including 148 (37.2%) male and 250 (62.8%) female nurses recruited from 23 hospitals in East Azerbaijan, Iran, with a mean age of 30.88 years (± 6.04 SD) and age range between 22 and 53 years old. The crude mean score of participants’ knowledge of pain management and control was 12.51 (± 2.77 SD), and standardized mean score was 40.34 (± 8.92 SD), which was low at 84.8% and moderate in 15.3% of the participants. Older nurses and nurses who previously participated in pain retraining courses had significantly less knowledge about pain management and control (r= -0.104, P = 0.038), and (r= -0.148, P = 0.003) respectively. The crude mean score of participants’ attitudes toward pain control and management was 15.22 (± 2.56 SD), and standardized mean score was 60.87 (± 10.26 SD). Nurses’ attitudes have become more negative with the increase of their work experience (r = -0.168, P = 0.001), and previously participation in pain retraining courses (r =-0.207, P < 0.001). Older nurses and highly educated nurses had significantly more negative attitudes towards pain control and management (r = -0.153, P = 0.002), and (r= -0.126, P = 0.005), respectively. CONCLUSIONS: The current study revealed that pain management and control knowledge in most emergency nurses was low, and most of them had a moderate attitude. We need more scientific and comprehensive pain management and control training courses to improve knowledge and attitude among health workers and nurses. BioMed Central 2023-03-13 /pmc/articles/PMC10009925/ /pubmed/36907850 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12873-023-00793-y Text en © The Author(s) 2023 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Open AccessThis article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article’s Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article’s Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) . The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) ) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated in a credit line to the data. |
spellingShingle | Research Ahmadi, Sajjad Vojdani, Parya MortezaBagi, Hamid Reza The study of nurses’ knowledge and attitudes regarding pain management and control in emergency departments |
title | The study of nurses’ knowledge and attitudes regarding pain management and control in emergency departments |
title_full | The study of nurses’ knowledge and attitudes regarding pain management and control in emergency departments |
title_fullStr | The study of nurses’ knowledge and attitudes regarding pain management and control in emergency departments |
title_full_unstemmed | The study of nurses’ knowledge and attitudes regarding pain management and control in emergency departments |
title_short | The study of nurses’ knowledge and attitudes regarding pain management and control in emergency departments |
title_sort | study of nurses’ knowledge and attitudes regarding pain management and control in emergency departments |
topic | Research |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10009925/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36907850 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12873-023-00793-y |
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