Nurses’ Knowledge and Attitudes about Adult Post-Operative Pain Assessment and Management: Cross Sectional Study in Qatar
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Methods
2.1. Research Design
2.2. Sample, Setting, and Participants
2.3. Ethical Considerations
2.4. Data Analysis Method
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. Strengths and Limitations
6. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Public Involvement Statement
Guidelines and Standards Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
References
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Characteristic | Total N = 151 (%) | |
---|---|---|
Gender | Female | 105 (69.5%) |
Male | 46 (30.5%) | |
Age in years mean (SD) | 37.0 (7.8) | |
Education (highest level achieved) | Bachelor | 116 (76.8%) |
Diploma | 19 (12.6%) | |
Master | 16 (10.6%) | |
Years of experience mean (SD) | 13.5 (7.1) | |
Marital status | Divorced | 3 (2.0%) |
Married | 106 (70.7%) | |
Single | 40 (26.7%) | |
Widow | 1 (0.7%) | |
Nationality | Non-Qatari | 147 (97.4%) |
Indian | 42 (28.57%) | |
Filipino | 62 (42.18%) | |
Others | 43 (26.65%) | |
Qatari | 4 (2.6%) | |
Number of hours of pain education in the last 2 years | 0 h | 8 (5.3%) |
1–2 h | 56 (37.1%) | |
3–5 h | 40 (26.5%) | |
6–8 h | 22 (14.6%) | |
9 h or more | 25 (16.6%) | |
Facility | ACC | 22 (14.6%) |
AKH | 5 (3.3%) | |
AWH | 14 (9.3%) | |
HGH | 39 (25.8%) | |
HMGH | 41 (27.2%) | |
TCH | 6 (4.0%) | |
WWRC | 24 (15.9%) | |
Job designation | Acting Charge Nurse | 1 (0.7%) |
Charge Nurse | 15 (9.9%) | |
Director of Nursing | 1 (0.7%) | |
Head Nurse | 11 (7.3%) | |
Nurse Educator | 5 (3.3%) | |
Patient Care Assistant | 3 (2%) | |
Staff Nurse | 115 (76.2%) |
Questions | Correct Responses n (%) |
---|---|
| 48 (40.7%) |
| 60 (50.8%) |
| 51 (43.2%) |
| 31 (26.3%) |
| 40 (33.9%) |
| 71 (60.2%) |
| 100 (84.7%) |
| 58 (49.2%) |
| 37 (31.4%) |
| 91 (77.1%) |
| 71 (60.2%) |
| 81 (68.6%) |
| 87 (73.7%) |
| 109 (92.4%) |
| 55 (46.6%) |
| 63 (53.4%) |
| 27 (22.9%) |
| 52 (44.1%) |
| 78 (66.1%) |
| 110 (93.2%) |
| 107 (90.7%) |
| 109 (92.4%) |
| 24 (23.3%) |
| 12 (11.7%) |
| 71 (68.9%) |
| 43 (41.7%) |
| 58 (56.3%) |
| 12 (11.7%) |
| 18 (17.5%) |
| 63 (61.2%) |
| 79 (76.7%) |
| 64 (62.1%) |
| 58 (56.3%) |
| 77 (74.8%) |
| 58 (56.3%) |
| 16 (15.5%) |
| 60 (58.3%) |
| 21 (20%) |
| 8 (7%) |
| 19 (18%) |
| 17 (17%) |
N | Knowledge and Attitude Score Mean (SD) | p-Value | |
---|---|---|---|
Age | |||
25–45 years | 130 | 19.6 (4.6) | 0.8 |
46–60 years | 19 | 19.3 (4.3) | |
Gender | |||
Female | 105 | 19.1 (4.4) | 0.068 |
Male | 46 | 20.7 (4.7) | |
Education | |||
Bachelor | 116 | 19.9 (4.1) | 0.13 |
Diploma | 19 | 17.4 (4.6) | |
Master | 16 | 20.3 (6.8) | |
Marital Status | |||
Single | 44 | 19.9 (4.6) | 0.59 |
Married | 106 | 19.4 (4.5) | |
Facility | |||
ACC | 22 | 19.7 (4.3) | 0.56 |
AKH | 5 | 16.5 (5.9) | |
AWH | 14 | 21.4 (5.0) | |
HGH | 39 | 19.4 (4.9) | |
HMGH | 41 | 20.0 (4.3) | |
TCH | 6 | 17.3 (4.5) | |
WWRC | 24 | 19.8 (4.1) | |
Hours of pain education | |||
0 h | 8 | 16.8 (4.0) | 0.4 |
1–2 h | 56 | 18.9 (5.0) | |
3–5 h | 40 | 20.2 (4.4) | |
6–8 h | 22 | 19.6 (4.7) | |
9 h or more | 25 | 20.6 (3.3) | |
Nationality | |||
Non-Qatari | 147 | 19.7 (4.5) | 0.056 |
Qatari | 4 | 14.7 (0.6) |
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Samara, H.; O’Hara, L.; Singh, K. Nurses’ Knowledge and Attitudes about Adult Post-Operative Pain Assessment and Management: Cross Sectional Study in Qatar. Nurs. Rep. 2024, 14, 2061-2071. https://doi.org/10.3390/nursrep14030153
Samara H, O’Hara L, Singh K. Nurses’ Knowledge and Attitudes about Adult Post-Operative Pain Assessment and Management: Cross Sectional Study in Qatar. Nursing Reports. 2024; 14(3):2061-2071. https://doi.org/10.3390/nursrep14030153
Chicago/Turabian StyleSamara, Haya, Lily O’Hara, and Kalpana Singh. 2024. "Nurses’ Knowledge and Attitudes about Adult Post-Operative Pain Assessment and Management: Cross Sectional Study in Qatar" Nursing Reports 14, no. 3: 2061-2071. https://doi.org/10.3390/nursrep14030153