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October 16, 2020African Journal of Health Professions EducationOpen Access

Effect of a teaching programme on knowledge of postoperative pain management among nurses at Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Nigeria

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Key result

A teaching programme significantly improved nurses' knowledge of postoperative pain management compared to control, with post-intervention mean scores of 1.62 versus 1.05 (p=0.00).

Why the study?

Most patients suffer complications associated with poorly controlled postoperative pain, making it important to develop approaches to improve nurses' knowledge of postoperative pain management.

Does a teaching programme improve knowledge of postoperative pain management among nurses?

Population

60 nurses in the adult surgical ward of Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Nigeria

Comparison

Teaching programme vs control

Design

Quasi-experimental study

Authors

MOMojolaoluwaOmolade OlawaleOOOmotayoMercy OlorunfemiOOOM Oyewole

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Overview

May support nurse education on postoperative pain; leaves open translation to patient outcomes.

Structured PICO

Does a teaching programme improve knowledge of postoperative pain management among nurses?

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Population
60 nurses with at least 5 years of working experience at a Nigerian teaching hospital participated in a 3-week study evaluating a teaching programme on postoperative pain management.
I
Intervention
Class-based teaching programme on postoperative pain management presented over 3 weeks.
C
Comparator
Control group (no teaching programme).
O
Outcome
Knowledge of postoperative pain management measured by the modified Knowledge and Attitudes Survey regarding Pain Tool (KASPT).surrogate

Main Result

Mean Difference: 0.57

Absolute Event Rate: 1.62% vs 1.05%

p-value: p=0.00

A structured teaching programme significantly improved nurses' knowledge of postoperative pain management.

Limitations

  • Gathering all nurses into a single session for the training programme was difficult because of their different shifts, hence the participants were trained in several different sessions, which may have affected the results.

Cite This Study

Olawale et al. (2020) studied Knowledge of postoperative pain management (n=60). Teaching programme on postoperative pain management vs. No teaching programme (control) was evaluated on Mean score on knowledge of postoperative pain management (MD 0.57, p=0.00). A teaching programme significantly improved nurses' knowledge of postoperative pain management compared to control, with post-intervention mean scores of 1.62 versus 1.05 (p=0.00).

synapsesocial.com/papers/6aa02b80dfc81ffeb871f09ehttps://doi.org/10.7196/ajhpe.2020.v12i3.1343
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