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Skilled health attendants occupy an important position in the management of women’s pain during labour. Their professional goal is to ensure safety and minimum pain in labour. It has been revealed that nurse-midwives are deficient in knowledge and practice of pain management during labour. Hence, this study examined skilled health attendants’ knowledge and practice of pain management in health care facilities in Ibadan, Nigeria.    METHODS  A cross-sectional design was used to collect data from 227 skilled health attendants, in the maternity units of the three purposively selected hospitals for 12 weeks. A structured questionnaire and observational check lists were used for data collection. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and significants level was set with p<0.05.    RESULTS  Results on respondents’ level of knowledge revealed that 6% had low knowledge, 40.5% moderate, and 56.8% had a high level. The majority, 79.7%, were registered nurse-midwives (RN/RM) and 90.1% employed reassurance for pain relief. No significant associations were found between respondents’ level of education and reassurance, exercise, allay of fear, use of drugs, and TENS (p>0.05). However, there were significant associations between respondents’ educational level and rubbing of back/massage, position change, cold/warm bath, relaxation, and social support (p<0.05).    CONCLUSIONS  It is recommended that seminars and workshops should be organized regularly and assessment tools should be supplied, to enhance effective pain assessment as this will provide adequate and holistic labour-pain management by nurse-midwives.

Skilled health attendants’ knowledge and practice of pain management during labour in health care facilities in Ibadan, Nigeria