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Pain Management Knowledge, Attitudes, and Performance of Nurses in Long-Term Care Hospitals

요양병원 간호사의 통증관리에 대한 지식, 태도, 수행정도

  • Cho, Hyeonju (Yeungnam University Yeongcheon Hospital) ;
  • Kwon, So-Hi (College of Nursing, Kyungpook National University)
  • Received : 2016.07.06
  • Accepted : 2016.11.21
  • Published : 2016.12.01
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Abstract

Purpose: This study investigated long-term care hospital nurses' knowledge and practice of pain management and their attitudes towards the job with an ultimate aim to provide fundamental information for development of a pain education program. Methods: A cross-sectional survey was carried out with 120 nurses from four long-term care hospitals. Nurses' knowledge of and attitudes towards pain management was measured using a tool developed by Watt-Watson. To examine their pain management practice, an instrument was developed based on the pain management guidelines used by the long-term care settings. Results: For pain management knowledge, the participants gave an average of 26.2 (${\pm}13.10$) correct answers out of 40 questions. The most frequently missed question was one about subjectivity of pain, "Patients' physiological and behavioral reactions to pain hint at the presence and intensity of pain" (89.2%), and 56.7% of the nurses believed that increasing tolerance for a narcotic analgesic means addiction. Regarding attitudes towards and practice of pain management, 80.2% of the nurses used placebos to patients who complain about pain often. Conclusion: This study revealed poor level of pain management knowledge of and attitude among long-term care hospital nurses. This might negatively affect their pain management practice. From the educational perspective, nurses should be provided with education on pain management education with emphasis on the nature of pain and misuse of placebo drugs.

목적: 본 연구는 요양병원 간호사의 통증관리 지식, 태도, 수행정도를 파악하여 추후 요양병원 통증관리 교육을 설계하는데 기초자료로 활용하고자 실시되었다. 방법: 본 연구는 4개 요양병원에서 근무하는 간호사 120명을 대상으로 한 횡단적 조사연구이다. 통증관리 지식과 통증관리 태도는 원래 연구도구는 Watt-Watson이 개발한 도구를 사용하였고, 통증관리 수행정도는 요양병원에서의 통증관리 가이드라인들을 근거로 연구자가 개발하여 사용하였다. 결과: 본 연구의 결과 통증관리 지식은 40점 만점 평균 26.2점이었다. 가장 많이 틀린 문항은 통증의 주관성에 대한 항목으로 '통증에 따르는 환자의 생리적, 행동적 반응을 보고 통증의 유무와 강도를 파악할 수 있다(89.2%)'였고, 56.7%는 내성의 증가는 마약성 진통제 중독을 의미한다고 생각하였다. 통증관리 태도와 실무에 관해서는, 80.2%가 통증을 자주 호소하는 환자에게 위약을 사용한다고 하였고, 위약사용은 간호사가 두 번째로 자주 사용하는 통증관리 방법이었다. 결론: 본 연구는 요양병원 간호사의 통증관리 지식이 낮고 태도가 부적절한 것으로 나타났고, 이는 통증관리 실무에 부정적 영향을 미칠 수 있다. 요양병원 간호사들에게 통증관리 교육, 특히 통증의 속성과 위약남용에 대한 교육이 시급하다.

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