Assessment of Knowledge Attitude and Practice Regarding Cancer Pain Management Among Health Care Providers Working at Selected Hospitals of A.A, Ethiopia, 2018.
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2018-06
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Addis Ababa University
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Introduction:- Pain is one of the main symptoms involved in cancer patients receiving treatment or because of the disease itself. Approximately, 30% to 50% of cancer patients receiving treatment experience pain and 70% to 90% with advanced stages of cancer experienced moderate to severe pain. Pain experienced by cancer patients affects quality of life, physical functioning, social relationship, and mental health. For proper management of cancer pain, Health Care Providers’ (HCPs) are expected to have full understanding of the nature of pain syndrome and good pain assessment skills. Objective:- To assess health care providers knowledge attitude and practice regarding cancer pain management A.A, Ethiopia, 2018. Methodology:- Institutional based cross sectional study was conducted among HCPs working in selected hospitals of Addis Ababa from March 1 to 30, 2018. Total sample size was 200 health care providers selected by using simple random sampling technique. The collected data was coded, cleaned and explored before analysis. Data was entered in to epi-data 4.2 version and export to SPSS version 23.0. Descriptive statistics such as mean, standard deviation and percentages were calculated to describe frequency and displayed in tables and graphs. Binary logistic regression was done to see the crude significant relation of each independent variable with dependent variables. Significant factors was identified based on AOR include in 95% confidence level at P-value less than 0.05. Result:- From the total of 191 respondents 109 (57.1%) were female and 135 (71.7%) were aged 23-29 years old. The mean age of the participants was 28.5 ± 4.3 years old. Only 40.2% of the study subjects have good knowledge and attitude whereas 31.9% had performed good practice regarding cancer pain management. Gender, monthly income, taking formal cancer pain management education in university and profession were significantly associated with cancer pain management knowledge and attitude. Conclusion:- Health Care Providers working in the current study have poor knowledge, attitude and practice regarding cancer Pain management. Recommendation:- In service training regarding cancer pain management should be given to nurses and physicians who are working in cancer centers. Cancer pain management should be incorporated in to nursing and other health related professions curriculums.
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Knowledge and Attitude, Practice, Cancer pain management, Health care providers.