Evaluating Knowledge, Practices, and Barriers of Paediatric Pain Management among Nurses in a Tertiary Health Facility in the Northern Region of Ghana: A Descriptive Cross-Sectional Study

Joint Authors

Salia, Solomon Mohammed
Wuni, Abubakari
Mohammed Ibrahim, Mudasir
Iddriss, Iman
Abena Nyarko, Brenda
Nabila Seini, Samaku
Tonsagri, Imoro
Mohammed, Jauharatu

Source

Pain Research and Management

Issue

Vol. 2020, Issue 2020 (31 Dec. 2020), pp.1-11, 11 p.

Publisher

Hindawi Publishing Corporation

Publication Date

2020-11-30

Country of Publication

Egypt

No. of Pages

11

Main Subjects

Diseases

Abstract EN

Background.

Pain is a major source of distress for children on admission, parents, and clinician.

Hospitalized children continuously experience unrelieved pain; hence, the provision of effective pain management is an integral and important part of the nurse’s role.

Adequate knowledge and positive practices of nurses regarding pain management among children are key if optimal pain management is to be achieved among paediatric cases.

However, there is a paucity of published data on paediatric management among nurses in the northern part of Ghana.

Aim.

The current study, therefore, evaluated nurse’s knowledge and practices and identified the barriers to paediatric pain management in the Tamale Teaching Hospital, Ghana.

Methodology.

This was a descriptive cross-sectional facility-based study that employed a quantitative approach to data collection.

A total of 180 nurses were selected conveniently from 10 selected wards of the hospital for the study.

Data were collected using a questionnaire.

The data were subsequently analyzed using the Statistical Package for Social Sciences version 23.0.

Logistic regression analysis was done to determine the association between the dependent and independent variables of interest.

Results.

The findings revealed that the majority (61.1%) of all the nurses had an overall good knowledge of paediatric pain management while 57.8% demonstrated good practices of pain management.

From the study, the most reported barriers to paediatric pain management by the nurses were insufficient knowledge in pain management (76.1%), inadequate paediatric pain assessment tools (73.9%), and inadequate staffing (72.2%).

In further analysis, critical care nurses were 5.87 times more likely to engage in good practices of paediatric pain management than paediatric nurses (OR = 5.87 (95% CI : 1.07–32.00), p=0.041).

Conclusion.

The majority (61.1%) of all the respondents showed good knowledge of pain management and 57.8% demonstrated good pain management practices.

Despite the high knowledge and practice, factors such as insufficient knowledge in pain management (76.1%), inadequate paediatric pain assessment tools (73.9%), and inadequate nurse staffing (72.2%) affect effective pain management.

Paediatric pain management should be treated as a priority, and hence more efforts should be put in place to curtail the barriers that hinder its practice.

American Psychological Association (APA)

Wuni, Abubakari& Salia, Solomon Mohammed& Mohammed Ibrahim, Mudasir& Iddriss, Iman& Abena Nyarko, Brenda& Nabila Seini, Samaku…[et al.]. 2020. Evaluating Knowledge, Practices, and Barriers of Paediatric Pain Management among Nurses in a Tertiary Health Facility in the Northern Region of Ghana: A Descriptive Cross-Sectional Study. Pain Research and Management،Vol. 2020, no. 2020, pp.1-11.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1207053

Modern Language Association (MLA)

Wuni, Abubakari…[et al.]. Evaluating Knowledge, Practices, and Barriers of Paediatric Pain Management among Nurses in a Tertiary Health Facility in the Northern Region of Ghana: A Descriptive Cross-Sectional Study. Pain Research and Management No. 2020 (2020), pp.1-11.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1207053

American Medical Association (AMA)

Wuni, Abubakari& Salia, Solomon Mohammed& Mohammed Ibrahim, Mudasir& Iddriss, Iman& Abena Nyarko, Brenda& Nabila Seini, Samaku…[et al.]. Evaluating Knowledge, Practices, and Barriers of Paediatric Pain Management among Nurses in a Tertiary Health Facility in the Northern Region of Ghana: A Descriptive Cross-Sectional Study. Pain Research and Management. 2020. Vol. 2020, no. 2020, pp.1-11.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1207053

Data Type

Journal Articles

Language

English

Notes

Includes bibliographical references

Record ID

BIM-1207053