The Association between Socio-Demographic Characteristics and Using Pain Assessment Tools among Critically Ill Patients.
Medicina (Kaunas)
; 59(4)2023 Apr 13.
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| ID: mdl-37109717
ABSTRACT
Background and Objectives:
Pain is still undertreated among ICU patients, especially cognitively impaired patients. Nurses play a crucial role in their management. However, previous studies found that nurses had insufficient knowledge about pain assessment and management. Some nurses' socio-demographic characteristics, such as being female; age; years of experience; type of unit, either medical or surgical; education level; years of nursing experience; qualification; position; and hospital level, were found to be associated with their practices of pain assessment and management. This study aimed to examine the association between nurses' socio-demographic characteristics and the use of pain assessment tools for critically ill patients. Materials andMethods:
A convenience sample of 200 Jordanian nurses responded to the Pain Assessment and Management for the Critically Ill questionnaire to achieve the study's aim.Results:
The type of hospital, academic qualification, years of experience as a critical care nurse, and hospital affiliation were significantly associated with increased use of self-report pain assessment tools for verbal patients, while the type of hospital and hospital affiliation was significantly associated with an increased use of observational pain assessment tools for nonverbal patients.Conclusion:
Examining the association between socio-demographic characteristics and the use of pain assessment tools for critically ill patients is essential for quality pain practice.Palavras-chave
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Estado Terminal
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Cuidados Críticos
Tipo de estudo:
Diagnostic_studies
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Risk_factors_studies
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Female
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Humans
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Male
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2023
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Article