Anesthesia & Clinical Research
Open Access
ISSN: 2155-6148
+44 1223 790975
ISSN: 2155-6148
+44 1223 790975
Department of Surgery, School of Medicine, Debre-Markos University, Ethiopia
Research Article
Healthcare providers knowledge, attitude, practice and associated factors towards pain management at Debremarkos referral hospital, Gojjam, Northwest Ethiopia
Author(s): Worku Mekonnen Sefefe*, Girma Alem Getie, Wubetu Woyraw Wondie, Temesgen Agegnehu Abebe, Abatneh Feleke Agegnehu and Endale Gebreegziabher Gebremedhn
Background: Pain is one of the most common health problems worldwide, particularly in resource limited settings.
Undertreated postoperative increases in the length of hospital stay of patients and perioperative complications, and
patient dissatisfaction with medical care. This study aimed to assess the healthcare providers’ knowledge, attitude,
and practice and associated factors towards pain management at Debremarkos referral hospital, 2019.
Methods: A quantitative cross-sectional study was conducted using a pretested self-administered questionnaire. After
data was checked for completeness, coded, entered in to Epi data 3.1, and transformed to SPSS version 20 statistical
software for analysis. Both bivariate and multivariate logistic regression model used to identify the variables which
had association with the depend.. View More»