Abstract:
Introduction: Worldwide millions of people are suffering from pain. Nonpharmacological
therapy
has
an
important
role
in
the
treatment
of
pain
and
recognized
as
a
valuable, simple, help to lessen the dosage of analgesic drugs need, decreasing
the side effects, reducing drug dependency and reducing health care costs however,
knowledge and attitude of nurses greatly affect the use of non-pharmacological pain
management methods.
Objective: The study aimed to assess knowledge and attitude towards nonPharmacological
pain management and associated factors among nurses working in
Benishangul Gumuz Regional State hospitals, western Ethiopia, 2017.
Method: - Institution based cross-sectional study was conducted from April 1
to May
st
, 2017.Two hundred sixteen nurses selected by using simple random sampling. Data
collected by using pretested self-administered structured questionnaire. Collected data
checked, coded and entered to EPI-INFO version 7 and exported to SPSS version 20
for further analysis. Bivariable and multivariable logistic regression used.
Results: A total of 209 professional nurses participated in the study with 96.7%
response rate. This study shows that 51.2 %
adequate knowledge and 47 %
Conclusion and recommendations: Nurses in Benishangul gumuz regional state
hospitals were unfavorable attitude but relatively they have adequate knowledge about
non-pharmacological pain management. Work experience, level of education, nurse to
patient ratio and taking educational course were associated with nurses’ knowledge
and positive relationship between nurses to patient ratio, training and knowledge of
non-pharmacological pain management were associated to nurses’ attitude. Therefore,
efforts better to focus on innovative nurses’ educational strategies, train and balance
1:6 nurses to patient ratio
Key words: Attitude, Associated factors, Knowledge, Nurses, Non-pharmacological
pain management
