Table 3.
Knowledge of nurses regarding nonpharmacological pain management among nurses working at Amhara region Comprehensive Specialized Hospitals, Ethiopia, in 2021 (n = 775).
| Statements | Yes | No | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| N | P | N | P | |
| The most accurate judge of the intensity of the patient's pain is the patient himself | 663 | 85.5 | 112 | 14.5 |
| Providing a suitable room temperature and good air conditioning can alleviate pain | 680 | 87.7 | 95 | 12.3 |
| Providing the patient with a possibility to rest by minimizing noise can alleviate pain | 666 | 85.9 | 109 | 14.1 |
| Involving families in pain management can increase a patient's ability to manage pain | 617 | 79.6 | 158 | 20.4 |
| Using nonpharmacological pain management has no value to the patient | 168 | 21.7 | 607 | 78.3 |
| Encouraging patients to relax different parts of their bodies alleviates the sensation of pain | 670 | 86.5 | 105 | 13.5 |
| Try to focus a patient's thoughts/attention away from pain can decrease pain | 639 | 82.5 | 136 | 17.5 |
| Vital signs are always reliable indicators of the intensity of a patient's pain | 362 | 46.7 | 413 | 53.3 |
| Asking patients to suggest ways to relieve pain can increase the patient's ability to manage pain | 639 | 82.5 | 136 | 17.5 |
| Patients who can be distracted from pain usually do not have severe pain | 302 | 39 | 473 | 61 |
| Nonpharmacological interventions are effective only for mild pain control | 495 | 63.9 | 280 | 36.1 |
| The patient's pain can be alleviated by position changes | 626 | 80.8 | 149 | 19.2 |
| The benefit of nonpharmacological pain management is that it has fewer side effects than drugs | 293 | 37.8 | 482 | 62.2 |
| Patients who can be distracted from pain usually do not have pain | 222 | 28.6 | 553 | 71.4 |
| Distraction, for example, by the use of music or relaxation, can decrease the perception of pain | 650 | 83.9 | 125 | 16.1 |
| Patients with chronic pain should receive pain medications along with nonpharmacological interventions at regular intervals with or without the presence of discomfort | 540 | 69.7 | 235 | 30.3 |
| The patient should be advised to use nonpharmacological means alone rather than medications | 382 | 49.3 | 393 | 50.7 |
| Nonpharmacological methods of pain relief have no applications for neonates | 308 | 39.7 | 467 | 60.3 |
| Nonpharmacological pain management only includes massage, heat/cold and relaxation | 319 | 41.2 | 456 | 58.8 |
| It may often be useful to give a placebo to assess whether a patient in pain is genuinely in pain | 396 | 51.1 | 379 | 48.9 |
N = frequency; P = percent.