Investigating Nurses’ Knowledge, Attitude, and Performance Regarding Pain Management of Non-verbal Critically-Ill Patients in Tanzania Intensive Care Units

Background: Although patients› self-report is the gold standard for pain, many patients admitted to the intensive care units are unable to communicate and express their pain. Accordingly, the nurse must have special abilities to diagnose and manage pain in such conditions. This study assesses nurses...

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Published in:Journal of client-centered nursing care (Online) 2024-01, Vol.10 (1), p.25-34
Main Authors: Abrahams Simbeye, Joel, Sharifi, Farshad, Navab, Elham, Bahramnezhad, Fatemeh
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
attitude
health knowledge
non-verbal critically ill patients
pain management
practice
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Summary:Background: Although patients› self-report is the gold standard for pain, many patients admitted to the intensive care units are unable to communicate and express their pain. Accordingly, the nurse must have special abilities to diagnose and manage pain in such conditions. This study assesses nurses’ knowledge, attitude, and performance regarding pain management of non-verbal critically ill adult patients in intensive care units. Methods: This cross-sectional descriptive study was conducted from February to May 2020 among nurses working in four national referral hospitals in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. The study sample included 202 intensive care unit nurses who were recruited by the census. The data was collected using pre-validated questionnaires, including the knowledge and attitudes survey regarding pain tools, and a performance tool by Eunkyoung. The data were analyzed using the chi-square test, one sample t-test, and Spearman correlation coefficient in the SPSS software, version 20. The significance level was set at P
ISSN:2476-4132
2476-4124
2476-4132
DOI:10.32598/JCCNC.10.1.433