Assessment of Nurses’ Knowledge, Attitudes and Practice of Non- Pharmacological Pain Management Therapies and Techniques, in West Gojjam Zone, Amhara Regional State, Ethiopia, 2014
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2014-06
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Addis Ababa University
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Background: Non-pharmacological methods have unique advantages to relieving pain thatmedications do not have such as giving the patients a more active role in managing their pain.There are many types of non-pharmacological methods that vary amongst heat/cold, distraction,massage and relaxation. Nurses must have a great knowledge of non pharmacological methodsto practice them effectively. In addition, nurses' own attitudes greatly affect the way they treat apatient’s pain.
Objective: To assess nurses’ knowledge, attitudes and practice of non-pharmacological painmanagement therapies and techniques when caring for patients in selected governmental healthcare settings in West Gojjam zone, Amhara regional state, Ethiopia.
Method: Cross-sectional study design was used. Data was collected from March 2014 to April2014 by using a structured open and closed ended questionnaire. Source population of the studywas nurses who work at governmental health care institutions in West Gojjam. In this study,sample size was 583 nurses from randomly selected woredas. To assess the relationship offactors and non-pharmacological pain management odds ratio, bivariate and multivariateregression analysis were performed.
Results: The results show non pharmacologic pain management practices were at anunsatisfactory level. The most barriers to applied non-pharmacological pain management werelack of time, patient unwieldiness and lack of equipment. There was a positive relationshipbetween age, educational level, years of experience, and attendance on training courses withpractice and positive relationship between knowledge and attitude with practice of the nursingstaff regarding non-pharmacological methods.
Conclusion: In this cross-sectional study, socio demographic factors, knowledge, attitudecontributing to nurses’ non-pharmacological practice were analyzed. , socio demographicfactors, knowledge and attitude were found significantly associated with nurses’ practice.
Recommendation: This study recommended that efforts to improve application of non druginterventions should focus on innovative educational strategies, using problem solving to securesupport, and development and testing of new delivery methods that require less time from busystaff nurses.
Key words: pain, non-pharmacological, nurses, knowledge, attitude, practice
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Pain Non-pharmacological Nurses Knowledge