Doctors and Nurses’ Knowledge and Attitudes Towards Pediatric Pain Management: An Exploratory Survey in a Children's Hospital

Vagnoli, Laura; Mammucari, Massimo; Graziani, Daniela; Messeri, Andrea

doi:10.1080/15360288.2019.1686100

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“…[8][9][10] Despite this high prevalence, pediatric pain continues to be underdiagnosed, and undertreated, [11][12][13][14][15] and poor knowledge of healthcare providers (HCPs) about comprehensive pain management is one of the reasons identified. 9,10,[16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23] In order to address the "treatment gap" or "evidence-practice gap", 24,25 the Federal Ministry of Health (FMOH), Nigeria in collaboration with the American Cancer Society launched a program, Pain-Free Hospital Initiative (PFHI) in 2015 and trained over 11,000 HCPs including doctors, pharmacists, nurses and physiotherapists across 14 federal tertiary hospitals over a one-year period in order to integrate effective pain treatment into hospital-based service. 26 However, this laudable initiative excluded community pharmacists.…”

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“…practice was developed after a thorough review of relevant literature. 20,23,[40][41][42][43][44][45][46] The knowledge and attitude components were divided into four domains: multidimensional nature of pain, pain assessment and measurement, management of pain and clinical conditions; based on the IASP curriculum. These four domains of have been validated by Fishman et al 47 The psychometric evaluation of the knowledge component of CPSPP (which had 35 initial items identified after literature review) consisted of two phases.…”

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“…Correct answers were based on the criteria of pain therapy from Guidelines for the management of pain in Nigeria, 26 Pediatric Nurses' Knowledge and Attitude Survey (PNKAS-Shriners Revision), 48 and previous studies. 23,[44][45][46] Items related to knowledge and attitude were analyzed as a single concept in accordance with previous studies. 23,49…”

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“…23,[44][45][46] Items related to knowledge and attitude were analyzed as a single concept in accordance with previous studies. 23,49…”

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Community Pharmacists’ Knowledge and Attitudes Towards Pediatric Pain Management in Nigeria

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Yusuff²,

Erah³

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“…23,[44][45][46] Items related to knowledge and attitude were analyzed as a single concept in accordance with previous studies. 23,49…”

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Community Pharmacists’ Knowledge and Attitudes Towards Pediatric Pain Management in Nigeria

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“…However, despite the existence of protocols for effective pain control, paediatric pain is still high in children and the use of analgesics is usually inadequate [5][6][7].…”

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Evaluating Knowledge, Practices, and Barriers of Paediatric Pain Management among Nurses in a Tertiary Health Facility in the Northern Region of Ghana: A Descriptive Cross-Sectional Study

Wuni

Salia

Ibrahim

et al. 2020

Pain Research and Management

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Background. Pain is a major source of distress for children on admission, parents, and clinician. Hospitalized children continuously experience unrelieved pain; hence, the provision of effective pain management is an integral and important part of the nurse’s role. Adequate knowledge and positive practices of nurses regarding pain management among children are key if optimal pain management is to be achieved among paediatric cases. However, there is a paucity of published data on paediatric management among nurses in the northern part of Ghana. Aim. The current study, therefore, evaluated nurse’s knowledge and practices and identified the barriers to paediatric pain management in the Tamale Teaching Hospital, Ghana. Methodology. This was a descriptive cross-sectional facility-based study that employed a quantitative approach to data collection. A total of 180 nurses were selected conveniently from 10 selected wards of the hospital for the study. Data were collected using a questionnaire. The data were subsequently analyzed using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences version 23.0. Logistic regression analysis was done to determine the association between the dependent and independent variables of interest. Results. The findings revealed that the majority (61.1%) of all the nurses had an overall good knowledge of paediatric pain management while 57.8% demonstrated good practices of pain management. From the study, the most reported barriers to paediatric pain management by the nurses were insufficient knowledge in pain management (76.1%), inadequate paediatric pain assessment tools (73.9%), and inadequate staffing (72.2%). In further analysis, critical care nurses were 5.87 times more likely to engage in good practices of paediatric pain management than paediatric nurses (OR = 5.87 (95% CI : 1.07–32.00), p = 0.041 ). Conclusion. The majority (61.1%) of all the respondents showed good knowledge of pain management and 57.8% demonstrated good pain management practices. Despite the high knowledge and practice, factors such as insufficient knowledge in pain management (76.1%), inadequate paediatric pain assessment tools (73.9%), and inadequate nurse staffing (72.2%) affect effective pain management. Paediatric pain management should be treated as a priority, and hence more efforts should be put in place to curtail the barriers that hinder its practice.

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Pediatric pain knowledge and attitudes among health care professionals—A National Danish Survey

Würtz

Schmidt

Jensen

et al. 2023

Paediatric and Neonatal Pain

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AimTo explore and compare Danish health‐care professionals’ attitudes and knowledge towards pain management of children.MethodsThe cross‐sectional study was carried out using the Pediatric Pain Knowledge and Attitudes Questionnaire. The questionnaire was distributed to all health care professionals caring for children in three hospital settings, including nurses and physicians in departments of pediatric, emergency, and anesthesia and medical laboratory technologists.ResultsThe study was conducted in 2020 and 765 health care professionals participated. Within the six main categories included in the questionnaire, there were significant differences between nurses and physicians in three subcategories: view on the care of children in pain, using drugs to relieve pain, and the four mandatories. Comparing nurses with medical laboratory technicians, there were significant differences in the subcategory "view on the care of children in pain." Comparing types of clinical departments, there were significant differences in the subcategories’ view on the care of children in pain, using drugs to relieve pain, and the four mandatories. Overall, we found that the participating health professionals did not have a uniform understanding of pain management and therefore might treat children differently.ConclusionThe present study highlights the need to align health care professionals’ knowledge regarding pain assessment and management of children, as well as the need to develop and test interventions that support the use of knowledge in practice.

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Doctors and Nurses’ Knowledge and Attitudes Towards Pediatric Pain Management: An Exploratory Survey in a Children's Hospital

Cited by 13 publications

References 28 publications

Community Pharmacists’ Knowledge and Attitudes Towards Pediatric Pain Management in Nigeria

Community Pharmacists’ Knowledge and Attitudes Towards Pediatric Pain Management in Nigeria

Evaluating Knowledge, Practices, and Barriers of Paediatric Pain Management among Nurses in a Tertiary Health Facility in the Northern Region of Ghana: A Descriptive Cross-Sectional Study

Pediatric pain knowledge and attitudes among health care professionals—A National Danish Survey

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