Survey of nurses’ knowledge and attitude regarding post operative pain management at a Teaching Hospital in Malaysia

Post operative pain is an expected adverse outcome following surgery and it often delays mobilization and overall recovery. Acute post operative pain is subjective and cannot be measured directly. The objective of this study was to determine nurses’ knowledge and attitude towards post operative pain...

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Main Authors:	Ho SE, Choy YC, Rozainiee A
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Language:	English
Published:	Penerbit UKM 2009
Online Access:	http://journalarticle.ukm.my/1920/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/1920/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/1920/1/4-Page_1-7_%28MS_074%29.pdf

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spelling	ukm-19202016-12-14T06:30:27Z http://journalarticle.ukm.my/1920/ Survey of nurses’ knowledge and attitude regarding post operative pain management at a Teaching Hospital in Malaysia Ho SE, Choy YC, Rozainiee A, Post operative pain is an expected adverse outcome following surgery and it often delays mobilization and overall recovery. Acute post operative pain is subjective and cannot be measured directly. The objective of this study was to determine nurses’ knowledge and attitude towards post operative pain management. A cross sectional study was conducted in surgical wards and the Intensive Care Unit of Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre from February to April 2008. A 28 item questionnaire which comprised of two domains: knowledge and attitude towards post operative pain management was used. Eighty four respondents successfully responded to the study. Twenty respondents (25%) possessed high level, 58 respondents (69%) possessed moderate level and 5 respondents (6%) had low knowledge level of post operative pain management. Positive attitude towards post operative pain management was reported by 66 respondents (78.5%). There was a significant relationship between nurses’ academic qualifications and attitude towards post operative pain management (χ² =29.96, p <0.05). In conclusion, nurses in UKMMC possessed moderate level of knowledge and positive attitude towards post operative management. Results of this study show the need to enforce continuing medical education in pain management amongst UKMMC nurses in enhancing the quality of post operative care. Penerbit UKM 2009 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://journalarticle.ukm.my/1920/1/4-Page_1-7_%28MS_074%29.pdf Ho SE, and Choy YC, and Rozainiee A, (2009) Survey of nurses’ knowledge and attitude regarding post operative pain management at a Teaching Hospital in Malaysia. Medicine & Health, 4 (1). pp. 47-52. ISSN 1823-2140 http://www.ppukm.ukm.my/ukmmcjournal/index.php
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description	Post operative pain is an expected adverse outcome following surgery and it often delays mobilization and overall recovery. Acute post operative pain is subjective and cannot be measured directly. The objective of this study was to determine nurses’ knowledge and attitude towards post operative pain management. A cross sectional study was conducted in surgical wards and the Intensive Care Unit of Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia Medical Centre from February to April 2008. A 28 item questionnaire which comprised of two domains: knowledge and attitude towards post operative pain management was used. Eighty four respondents successfully responded to the study. Twenty respondents (25%) possessed high level, 58 respondents (69%) possessed moderate level and 5 respondents (6%) had low knowledge level of post operative pain management. Positive attitude towards post operative pain management was reported by 66 respondents (78.5%). There was a significant relationship between nurses’ academic qualifications and attitude towards post operative pain management (χ² =29.96, p <0.05). In conclusion, nurses in UKMMC possessed moderate level of knowledge and positive attitude towards post operative management. Results of this study show the need to enforce continuing medical education in pain management amongst UKMMC nurses in enhancing the quality of post operative care.
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title	Survey of nurses’ knowledge and attitude regarding post operative pain management at a Teaching Hospital in Malaysia
title_short	Survey of nurses’ knowledge and attitude regarding post operative pain management at a Teaching Hospital in Malaysia
title_full	Survey of nurses’ knowledge and attitude regarding post operative pain management at a Teaching Hospital in Malaysia
title_fullStr	Survey of nurses’ knowledge and attitude regarding post operative pain management at a Teaching Hospital in Malaysia
title_full_unstemmed	Survey of nurses’ knowledge and attitude regarding post operative pain management at a Teaching Hospital in Malaysia
title_sort	survey of nurses’ knowledge and attitude regarding post operative pain management at a teaching hospital in malaysia
publisher	Penerbit UKM
publishDate	2009
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Survey of nurses’ knowledge and attitude regarding post operative pain management at a Teaching Hospital in Malaysia

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