A Survey of the Knowledge and Attitudes of Oncology Nurses toward Pain in United Arab Emirates Oncology Settings

Al-Atiyyat, Nijmeh; Salim, Nezar Ahmed; Tuffaha, Mohammed; Nigim, Hasan Ahmed Abu; Saleh, Mohammad M.; Alkhodary, Mohamad Eid; Brant, Jeannine M.

doi:10.1016/j.pmn.2018.08.005

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“…Nurses in palliative care units in Canada had a mean percentage score of 72%, and 26% of the nurses obtained a passing score of 80% or greater (Perri et al, 2016). Studies in other nations also showed more favorable results than the present study (Al-Atiyyat et al, 2019;Moceri & Drevdahl, 2014). These results could arise from several factors.…”

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Factors Related to Nurses’ Knowledge and Attitudes Toward Pain in Hospitals in Low-Income Areas

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Pain Management Nursing

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Background: Effective pain management is closely related to nurses' knowledge and attitudes toward pain. Limited studies have been performed related to nurses' knowledge and attitudes toward pain in hospitals in low-income areas. Aims: This study surveyed the knowledge and attitudes of nurses toward pain management in county hospitals from low-income areas in Hunan Province, China. Setting and participants: The study included 4,668 registered nurses working in 48 county hospitals in low-income areas in China. Methods: A cross-sectional study examined the knowledge and attitudes of nurses with regard to pain using the Chinese version of the Knowledge and Attitude Survey Regarding Pain (KASRP) via the WeChat application. Results: The 4,668 registered nurses completed the survey; of these, 43.6% indicated they had never received continuing education for pain. The mean percentage score for KASRP was (40.3 ± 7.95), and none of the respondents achieved a percentage score of >80%. Further, of the 40 items, only two had a correct rate of >80%. Continuing pain education did not significantly affect KASRP. Multiple stepwise linear regression showed that education level, ethnicity, professional title, position, and department were independent influencing factors for KASRP scores. Conclusion: Almost all nurses in county hospitals of low-income areas had deficiencies in various aspects of pain management knowledge. Better educated nurses with higher professional title or management position, those from the Han ethnicity, and those from the oncology department had higher mean KASRP scores. Current continuing education programs for pain did not improve the pain management capability of the nurse. High-quality and standardized pain educational programs should be implemented to improve pain management.

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Factors Related to Nurses’ Knowledge and Attitudes Toward Pain in Hospitals in Low-Income Areas

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Pain Management Nursing

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“…Similar, to other areas around the world, there were studies in the Middle East that addressed the oncology nurse's knowledge and attitude toward pain management using NKASRP [3,9,10,11,13,15]. Most of those studies concluded that level of awareness regarding cancer pain management is weak in most Arab countries regardless of the country in which the study has been performed.…”

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“…The survey consists of a total 39 questions which include 22 true/false questions, 13 multiple-choice questions, and 2 case studies. Construct validity was established by comparing survey scores from different levels of expertise [10]. The authors reported the psychometric properties for KAS including test-retest reliability (r > .80) and internal consistency reliability (alpha r > .70).…”

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“…McCaffery and Pasero indicated that a score of 80% is the minimal acceptable score on the NKASRP [14]. The instrument was utilized in the studies conducted in Jordan, UAE, and Iran [15,10,16].…”

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“…These studies concluded that nurses lack adequate knowledge about pain and pain management. Likewise, studies from the Middle East have found that oncology nurses have poor knowledge and attitude toward pain intervention [3,[9][10][11]. All these studies have used the same questionnaire "knowledge and attitude survey regarding pain" (NKASRP).…”

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Aim: This study aims to investigate the nursing staff's knowledge and attitudes regarding pain management in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia.Design: A quantitative descriptive cross-sectional survey.Methods: Between January and March of 2020, 183 registered nurses from two hospitals in the Eastern Province of Saudi Arabia completed the Nurses' Knowledge and Attitude Survey Regarding Pain. We determined the average mean score for both the individual and the aggregate scores and the t-test. Results:The nurses had an inadequate level of knowledge and attitudes regarding pain based on the average mean score for this factor. There was a statistically significant correlation between length of time spent working as a registered nurse and the nurses' reported scores on tests measuring their knowledge and attitude toward pain.

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A Survey of the Knowledge and Attitudes of Oncology Nurses toward Pain in United Arab Emirates Oncology Settings

Cited by 31 publications

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