Table 3 Students’ pain knowledge and clinical pain management attitudes
Students'pain knowledge | Students'clinical pain management attitudes | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Content of questions | Accuracy rate | Content of questions | Excellent | Moderate | None | |
n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | |||
Pain assessment | What to ask the patient when assessing pain | 78 (31.8) | How important do you believe it is to be able to assess pain? | 212 (86.5) | 27 (11.0) | 6 (2.4) |
The effects of untreated pain | 159 (64.9) | How well can you use a one-dimensional pain scale to assess the pain severity? | 55 (22.4) | 177 (72.2) | 13 (5.3) | |
Case question: A patient who does not want to take opioids for pain relief. The primary intervention for this patient | 83 (33.9) | How well can you perform a multidimensional pain assessment? | 71 (29) | 161 (65.7) | 13 (5.3) | |
Laboratory values in a patient with chest pain that should be reported to the doctor | 168 (68.6) | How well can you interpret facial expressions, grimaces, and startles as pain indicators? | 139 (56.7) | 101 (41.2) | 5 (2.0) | |
Laboratory values should be reported to the doctor in a patient who is taking aspirin for the treatment of pain | 190 (77.6) | How well can you interpret body language as a potential indicator of pain? | 121 (49.4) | 121 (49.4) | 3 (1.2) | |
Mean ± SDa | ||||||
Total mean score of pain assessment | 2.76 ± 1.34 | |||||
Choosing the right scale for pain assessment | The tools that are used to determine the intensity of the pain | 137 (55.9) | How well can you interpret restlessness as a potential indicator of pain? | 85 (34.7) | 151 (61.6) | 9 (3.7) |
The most helpful pain assessment tool in the care of a young child with pain | 117 (47.8) | How well can you interpret rubbing/massaging the body as a potential indicator of pain? | 76 (31.0) | 146 (59.6) | 23 (9.4) | |
The first step to take in assessing the pain of a cognitively disabled patient who could not report their pain correctly | 190 (77.6) | How well can you interpret moaning as a potential indicator of pain? | 135 (55.1) | 104 (42.4) | 6 (2.4) | |
Mean ± SDa | ||||||
Total mean score of choosing the right scale for pain assessment | 1.81 ± 1.00 | |||||
Usage and administration methods of analgesics | The patient who should use opioids for a long time in pain management | 166 (67.8) | How well can you interpret respiratory parameters as a potential indicator of pain? | 71 (29.0) | 158 (64.5) | 16 (6.5) |
The route that is preferred for the daily administration of analgesics (all systems of the body are in working order) | 117 (47.8) | |||||
The preferred route of administration when immediate and rapid action of an analgesic is required | 143 (58.4) | |||||
Ranking drug samples in order of use according to the World Health Organization analgesic ladder | 165 (67.3) | |||||
The patient who is at risk of respiratory depression when taking an opioid | 180 (73.5) | |||||
Mean ± SDa | ||||||
Total mean score of usage and administration methods of analgesics | 3.14 ± 1.31 | |||||
Mean ± SDa | Mean ± SDa | |||||
Total mean score of students'pain knowledge | 7.72 ± 3.01 | Total mean score of students'clinical pain management attitudes | 21.55 ± 2.82 | |||