Open AccessA survey on doctors′ knowledge and attitude of treating chronic pain in three tertiary hospitals in Nigeria
Author(s) -
Emmanuel Sanya,
PM Kolo,
Muhammad A Makusidi
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
nigerian medical journal/nigerian medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2229-774X
pISSN - 0300-1652
DOI - 10.4103/0300-1652.129635
Subject(s) - tertiary care , chronic pain , medicine , tertiary level , family medicine , alternative medicine , psychology , physical therapy , pathology , mathematics education
Chronic non-cancer pain (CP) is one of the most common complaints that bring patients to the hospital. When pain persists, people move from doctor-to-doctor seeking for help, thus the burden of CP is huge. This study, therefore was aimed at assessing attitude and knowledge of doctors in three teaching hospitals in Nigeria to CP.