Anesthesia & Clinical Research
Open Access
ISSN: 2155-6148
ISSN: 2155-6148
Department of Medicine, Debre-Markos University, Gojjam, 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. Under treated 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, 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 dependent variable.
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DOI:
10.35248/2155-6148.22.13.1094