[Nursing team knowledge on behavioral assessment of pain in critical care patients]. / Conhecimento da equipe de enfermagem sobre avaliação comportamental de dor em paciente crítico.

This investigation consisted on a prospective cross-sectional study that aimed to describe the nursing team knowledge on behavioral assessment of pain. The study was conducted in a private hospital in the city of Sao Paulo, Brazil in November 2011, with nursing professionals from a general adult intensive care unit. They answered a questionnaire that contained sociodemographic data and questions related to knowledge about a behavioral assessment of pain. Descriptive data analysis was carried out and the average positive score was compared among categories using the Mann-Whitney test. Out of the 113 participants, over 70% have demonstrated knowledge of the main aspects of this assessment and there was no statistical significant difference among the professional categories. It was concluded that the knowledge of the professionals was satisfactory, but it can be improved.

Conhecimento da equipe de enfermagem sobre avaliação comportamental de dor em paciente crítico / Conocimiento del equipo de enfermería en la evaluación del comportamiento del dolor en el paciente crítico / Nursing team knowledge on behavioral assessment of pain in critical care patients

Estudo transversal prospectivo que teve como objetivo descrever o conhecimento da equipe de enfermagem sobre uma avaliação comportamental de dor. Realizado em hospital privado da cidade de São Paulo, Brasil, em novembro de 2011, com profissionais de enfermagem de uma UTI geral adulto. Estes responderam a um questionário com dados sociodemográficos e questões referentes ao conhecimento sobre uma avaliação comportamental de dor. A análise dos dados foi descritiva e a média de acertos por categoria profissional foi comparada por teste Mann-Whitney. Dos 113 participantes, mais de 70% demonstraram ter conhecimento sobre os principais aspectos dessa avaliação e não houve diferença estatisticamente significativa entre as categorias profissionais. Concluiu-se que o conhecimento dos profissionais foi satisfatório, mas pode ser aprimorado.

Estudio transversal prospectivo que tuvo como objetivo describir el conocimiento del equipo de enfermería con relación a evaluación del comportamiento del dolor. Realizado en un hospital privado de la ciudad de São Paulo, Brasil en noviembre de 2011 con profesionales de enfermería de una UTI general adulto. La población estudiada respondió a un cuestionario con datos demográficos y preguntas relacionadas al conocimiento sobre una evaluación de comportamiento del dolor. El análisis de datos fue descriptivo y el promedio de aciertos por categoría profesional fue comparado por el test de Mann-Whitney. De los 113 participantes, el 70% demostró el conocimiento de los principales aspectos de esta evaluación y no hubo diferencia estadísticamente significativa entre las categorías profesionales. Se concluye que el conocimiento de los profesionales era satisfactorio, pero se puede mejorar.

This investigation consisted on a prospective cross-sectional study that aimed to describe the nursing team knowledge on behavioral assessment of pain. The study was conducted in a private hospital in the city of São Paulo, Brazil, in November 2011, with nursing professionals from a general adult intensive care unit. They answered a questionnaire that contained sociodemographic data and questions related to knowledge about a behavioral assessment of pain. Descriptive data analysis was carried out and the average positive score was compared among categories using the Mann-Whitney test. Out of the 113 participants, over 70% have demonstrated knowledge of the main aspects of this assessment and there was no statistical significant difference among the professional categories. It was concluded that the knowledge of the professionals was satisfactory, but it can be improved.