Assessments of Nurses Knowledge, Attitude and Practice Regarding Non-Pharmacological Pain Management and Associated Factors at Tikur Anbessa Hospital, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2017
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2017-06
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Addis Ababa University
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Background: Non- pharmacological interventions are essentially useful for pain managementthan pharmacological pain management, because they are low cost, easy to provide, safe andnurses can implement them with little difficulty or resources. Therefore, Nurses must have agreat knowledge of non- pharmacological methods to practice effectively.
Objective: To assess knowledge, altitude and practice regarding non pharmacological pain management and associated factors among nurses in Tikur Anbessa specialized hospital, AddisAbaba Ethiopia, 2017
Methods: A cross-sectional study design was conducted among nurses who are working in TikurAnbessa specialized hospital from March25, 2017 to April 25, 2017.Total sample size was 270nurses in the study selected by using simple random technique. Data were collected usingstructured self-administered questionnaire. Data was cleaned and entered using Epi-data version3.1and then imported to SPSS version 22.0 software and was data analysis.
Results: About 52 % nurses had good knowledge about non-pharmacological pain management;positive attitude 34.6% and about 52.8%% had good non-pharmacological pain managementpractice. Factors significantly associated with non-pharmacological pain management practice atp value<0.05 were age (AOR=0.348(95%CI (0.188, 0.643)),In-service training (AOR=2.173(95%CI1.21, 3.903)), and patient/family need pill(AOR=1.832(95%CI 1.017, 3.3))
Conclusion and Reccomendation: About 52 %nurses had good knowledge, 34.6%positive attitudes and 52.8% had good practice. Age, in-service training and patient need pillbeing about non-pharmacological pain management were significantly associated with non-pharmacological pain management practice. Therefore, in-service training program and nurses
educate patient about benefits of non-pharmacological method.
Key words: pain, non-pharmacological pain management, nurses, knowledge, attitude, practice
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Pain Non-pharmacological pain managemen Nurses Knowledge