Table 3.
Description of attitude items among nurses towards pain management, University of Gondar comprehensive specialized referral hospital, Northwest Ethiopia, 2019 (n = 387).
| Questions | Categories | Frequency | Percent (%) |
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| Do you think that lack of pain expression does not mean lack of pain? | Strongly disagree | 26 | 6.7 |
| Disagree | 67 | 17.3 | |
| Neutral | 38 | 9.8 | |
| Agree | 144 | 37.2 | |
| Strongly agree | 112 | 28.9 | |
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| Do you believe giving narcotics on a regular schedule is preferred over PRN schedule for continues pain? | Strongly disagree | 38 | 9.8 |
| Disagree | 59 | 15.2 | |
| Neutral | 52 | 13.4 | |
| Agree | 144 | 37.2 | |
| Strongly agree | 94 | 24.3 | |
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| When a patient requests increasing amounts of analgesics to control pain, do you think that this usually indicates that the patient is psychologically dependent? | Strongly disagree | 12 | 3.1 |
| Disagree | 37 | 9.6 | |
| Neutral | 45 | 11.6 | |
| Agree | 164 | 42.4 | |
| Strongly agree | 129 | 33.3 | |
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| Do you think a patient should experience discomfort prior to giving the next dose of pain medication? | Strongly disagree | 11 | 2.9 |
| Disagree | 40 | 10.3 | |
| Neutral | 63 | 16.3 | |
| Agree | 156 | 40.3 | |
| Strongly agree | 117 | 30.2 | |
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| Would you believe that patient receiving narcotics on a PRN basis may likely to develop clock-watching behaviors? | Strongly disagree | 14 | 3.7 |
| Disagree | 45 | 11.6 | |
| Neutral | 73 | 18.9 | |
| Agree | 159 | 41.1 | |
| Strongly agree | 96 | 24.8 | |
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| Do you think that the most accurate judge of the intensity of the patient's pain is the patient him/herself? | Strongly disagree | 9 | 2.4 |
| Disagree | 25 | 6.5 | |
| Neutral | 64 | 16.5 | |
| Agree | 152 | 39.3 | |
| Strongly agree | 137 | 35.4 | |
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| When a patient in pain is receiving analgesic medication on a PRN basis, should it be appropriate for the patient to request pain medications before the pain returns? | Strongly disagree | 20 | 5.2 |
| Disagree | 40 | 10.3 | |
| Neutral | 63 | 16.3 | |
| Agree | 165 | 42.6 | |
| Strongly agree | 99 | 25.6 | |
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| Would you believe that as narcotics can cause respiratory depression, they should not be used in pediatric patients? | Strongly disagree | 26 | 6.8 |
| Disagree | 41 | 10.6 | |
| Neutral | 82 | 21.2 | |
| Agree | 137 | 35.4 | |
| Strongly agree | 101 | 26.1 | |
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| Do you agree that children cry all the time; therefore, diversional activities are indicated rather than actual pain? | Strongly disagree | 15 | 3.9 |
| Disagree | 40 | 10.3 | |
| Neutral | 70 | 18.1 | |
| Agree | 162 | 41.9 | |
| Strongly agree | 100 | 25.8 | |
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| Do you agree for that the most suitable dose of morphine for a patient in pain is a dose that best controls the symptoms; there is no maximum dose (i.e. a level that must not be)? | Strongly disagree | 13 | 3.4 |
| Disagree | 44 | 11.4 | |
| Neutral | 65 | 16.8 | |
| Agree | 157 | 40.6 | |
| Strongly agree | 108 | 27.9 | |
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| If the cause of patient's pain is not known, opioid analgesics should not be given during pain management | Strongly disagree | 11 | 2.9 |
| Disagree | 48 | 12.4 | |
| Neutral | 65 | 16.8 | |
| Agree | 166 | 42.9 | |
| Strongly agree | 97 | 25.1 | |
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| For effective pain treatment of cancer pain do you think that it is necessary to continuously assess the pain and the efficacy of therapy? | Strongly disagree | 8 | 2.1 |
| Disagree | 26 | 6.7 | |
| Neutral | 45 | 11.6 | |
| Agree | 175 | 45.2 | |
| Strongly agree | 133 | 34.4 | |
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| Do you agree that it is the patient's right to expect total pain relief as a consequence of treatment? | Strongly disagree | 15 | 3.9 |
| Disagree | 23 | 5.9 | |
| Neutral | 43 | 11.1 | |
| Agree | 183 | 47.3 | |
| Strongly agree | 123 | 31.8 | |