Knowledge, attitudes and practices of health professionals towards postoperative pain management at a referral hospital in Ethiopia.

Autor:	Negash TT; Department of Anesthesia, College of Health Sciences, Debre Tabor University, Debre Tabor, Ethiopia., Belete KG; Department of Anesthesia, College of Health Sciences, Debre Tabor University, Debre Tabor, Ethiopia., Tlilaye W; Department of Anesthesia, College of Health Sciences, Debre Tabor University, Debre Tabor, Ethiopia., Ayele TT; Department of Anesthesia, College of Health Sciences, Wolkite University, Wolkite, Ethiopia., Oumer KE; Department of Anesthesia, College of Health Sciences, Debre Tabor University, Debre Tabor, Ethiopia.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	Annals of medicine and surgery (2012) [Ann Med Surg (Lond)] 2021 Dec 14; Vol. 73, pp. 103167. Date of Electronic Publication: 2021 Dec 14 (Print Publication: 2022).
DOI:	10.1016/j.amsu.2021.103167
Abstrakt:	Background: Postoperative pain (POP) is a form of acute pain following surgery. It results from tissue injury during surgical procedure like skin incision, tissue dissection, manipulation and traction. It is one of the immediate postoperative complications. Despite new standards, guidelines and different strategies the practice of postoperative pain management is found to be inadequate. We aimed to assess knowledge, attitude and practice on postoperative pain management practice among Health professionals working at XX Referral Hospital. Method: Institution based cross-sectional study was conducted to assess Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices of Health professionals regarding to Post-operative pain management at XX Referral Hospital 2020 from 118 health professionals. Data was collected using structured self-administered questionnaire and was verified, coded and entered to Epi Info Software version 3.5.4 and then it was exported and analyzed by SPSS version 20 Software. After analysis frequency and percentages was used to summarize the finding. Result: The overall finding of the study revealed that health professionals had good knowledge (58.4%), unfavorable attitude (44.9%), and poor practice (24.58%) towards post-operative pain management. Conclusion: Non physician anesthetists have good knowledge, attitude and practice towards post-operative pain management. But the overall attitude and practice of health professionals' towards post-operative pain management is poor. Competing Interests: Nothing to declare (© 2021 Published by Elsevier Ltd on behalf of IJS Publishing Group Ltd.)
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