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Title: | Children’s Nurses’ Knowledge and Attitudes on Paediatric Pain: A Descriptive Cross-Sectional Survey in a Developing Country |
Authors: | Oduro, Evans Diji, Abigail Kusi-Amponsah Kusi, Grace Amagyei, Albert Kyei-Dompim, Joana Lomotey, Alberta Boateng, Edward Appiah Budu, Hayford Isaac |
Keywords: | Knowledge and attitudes nurse pediatric pain |
Issue Date: | 21-Nov-2020 |
Publisher: | Nurse Media Journal of Nursing (Diponegoro University- Department of Nursing, Faculty of Medicine) |
Citation: | Oduro, E., Diji, A. K-A., Kusi, G., Amagyei, A., Kyei-Dompim, J., Lomotey, A., …, & Budu, H. I. (2020). Children nurses’ knowledge and attitudes on paediatric pain: A descriptive cross-sectional survey in a developing country. Nurse Media Journal of Nursing, 10(3), 222-233. doi:10.14710/nmjn.v10i3.32457 |
Abstract: | Background: Children’s nurses’ knowledge of pain affects their pain management
practices. Even though poor knowledge and attitudes have been reported in several
studies, most were carried out in developed settings. However, little has been reported
on the management of paediatric pain by nurses in resource-limited settings such as in
sub-Saharan Africa.
Purpose: This study sought to assess the knowledge and perceptions of children’s
nurses regarding paediatric pain in a Ghanaian context.
Methodology: A descriptive cross-sectional survey was carried out among 65 nurses at
eight hospitals at various levels of healthcare in Ghana. Over three months, participants’
demographic data and responses on the Pediatric Nurses Knowledge and Attitude
Survey Regarding Pain (PNKAS) instrument were collected. Data were analyzed and
presented using descriptive and inferential statistics.
Results: Participants’ average (SD) knowledge and attitudes regarding paeditric pain
was 36.7% (6.9%) and ranged from 21.4% to 57.1%. Pediatric pain knowledge and
attitudes (PPKA) of the nurses differed based on working years in the children’s unit
and the hospital type they worked in (p<0.05). Nevertheless, the type of hospital facility
was the only independent predictor of their PPKA (R
2=0.181, p<0.001).
Conclusion: Children nurses in this setting generally had insufficient knowledge and
attitudes on paediatric pain. They should be motivated to undertake self-directed
learning and regular continuing professional education to update their knowledge,
attitude and skills on evidence-based pediatric pain assessment and management. |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/13361 |
ISSN: | 2087-7811 2406-8799 |
Appears in Collections: | College of Health Sciences
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