Key result
Addis Ababa anesthetists demonstrate low post-operative pain management knowledge, scoring ~41%, citing inadequate guidelines.
Cross-Sectional (n=102)
Yes
Anesthetists in Addis Ababa government hospitals demonstrated low knowledge and attitudes regarding post-operative pain management, with inadequate assessment and lack of guidelines cited as major barriers.
Signals need for targeted training in post-op pain management; leaves open whether guidelines improve outcomes in similar settings.
Post-operative pain is a common problem after surgical procedure. Undertreated and uncontrolled post-operative pain reduce physical and social performance, impaired quality of life and patient dissatisfaction, delayed discharge, increased use of health care resources and high cost on their hospital stay. Even if the problem is vast, researches on the area lack adequate data. This study aimed to assess knowledge, attitude and perceived barriers to post-operative pain management among anesthetists in Addis Ababa Governmental Hospitals, Ethiopia 2015. An institution based cross-sectional study was conducted. A survey method was undertaken to include a total of 150 anesthetists working in 11 government hospitals found in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Pretested structured self-administered questionnaire was used to collect the data. Data were entered and analyzed through SPSS version 20. Tables, graphs and frequencies were used to report the descriptive result. In total, 102 (68%) participants participated in the research. The mean score of correctly answered questions by the participants was 4.9 SD ±2.3, out of 12 items ranging from a minimum of 1 to a maximum of 11. Inadequate post-operative pain assessment, absence of pain management guideline and least priority for post-operative pain control are the major mentioned barriers by the participants. Anesthetist’s pain management knowledge and attitude level was found to be low. Strengthening educational strategy for surgical pain management and working on standard guidelines plays major role in alleviating the problem.
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Yosef et al. (2017) conducted a cross-sectional in Post-operative pain management knowledge and attitudes (n=102). Knowledge, attitudes and perceived barriers to post-operative pain management was evaluated on Mean score of correctly answered knowledge questions out of 12 items. Anesthetists in Addis Ababa governmental hospitals demonstrated low knowledge of post-operative pain management, scoring a mean of 4.9 out of 12, and cited inadequate assessment and lack of guidelines as major barriers.
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