Knowledge of doctors and nurses on pain in patients undergoing craniotomy

Authors

  • Maria do Carmo de Oliveira Ribeiro Universidade Federal de Sergipe
  • Carlos Umberto Pereira Universidade Federal de Sergipe; Departamento de Medicina
  • Ana Maria Calil Sallum Universidade Federal de Sergipe; Departamento de Medicina
  • José Antonio Barreto Alves Universidade Federal de Sergipe
  • Marcelly Freitas Albuquerque Universidade Federal de Sergipe
  • Paula Akemi Fujishima Universidade Federal de Sergipe

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/S0104-11692012000600007

Keywords:

Pain, Pain Measurement, Nursing, Craniotomy

Abstract

The study objectives were to characterize the profile of the doctors and nurses caring for patients in the craniotomy postoperative period, checking pain assessment methods and to identify the existence of analgesia protocols. Cross-sectional and analytical study. The casuistry is constituted of 30 doctors and 30 nurses. The results revealed that 83.3 % of the nurses were female, 63.3% knew pain scales, and 16.6% said that analgesia protocols exist. Regarding doctors 60% were male, 70% knew the pain scales, 3.3% had specialization in pain treatment, 13.3% they stated that there are analgesia protocols. The ignorance on the part of doctors and nurses about the assessment scales and pain assessment methods reveals the need for the creation of institutional policies on controlling pain, the use of instruments for the measurement of the pain phenomenon and analgesia protocols in the institution.

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Published

2012-12-01

Issue

Vol. 20 No. 6 (2012)

Section

Original Articles

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How to Cite

Knowledge of doctors and nurses on pain in patients undergoing craniotomy . (2012). Revista Latino-Americana De Enfermagem, 20(6), 1057-1063. https://doi.org/10.1590/S0104-11692012000600007