Open Access<p>Knowledge and Attitude Towards Non-Pharmacological Pain Management and Associated Factors Among Nurses Working in Benishangul Gumuz Regional State Hospitals in Western Ethiopia, 2018</p>
Author(s) -
Lemessa Jira,
Nigatu Weyessa,
Sileshi Mulatu,
Agaje Alemayehu
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of pain research
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.888
H-Index - 49
ISSN - 1178-7090
DOI - 10.2147/jpr.s265544
Subject(s) - medicine , logistic regression , family medicine , affect (linguistics) , nursing , simple random sample , health care , cross sectional study , environmental health , population , philosophy , linguistics , pathology , economics , economic growth
Millions of people worldwide are suffering from pain. Non-pharmacological therapy has an important role in the treatment of pain and is recognized as a valuable, simple help to lower the dosage of analgesic drugs needed, 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.