Nurses' Knowledge and Attitude About Opioids

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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Opioid analgesics used in moderate or severe pain have potential side effects and addiction. Therefore, nurses have hesitations about opioid administration.This descriptive study aimed to evaluate the attitude and knowledge of nurses working in a university hospital about opioids. One hundred twenty-seven nurses were interviewed in the research population. The research data were obtained from the questionnaire, prepared by the researchers, between 01-05 June 2018. It consisted of three parts: descriptive characteristics, attitudes, and knowledge on opioid administration, and evaluation of basic nursing skills and pharmacology about opioids. Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) 24.0 package program was used for statistical analysis.

Detailed Description
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Analgesics do not eliminate the cause of pain but reduce or eliminate that feeling. Non-steroid analgesics are preferred in mild and moderate, and opioids are used to moderate or severe pain that does not respond to anti-inflammatory agents. However, nurses avoid the administration of opioids because of side effects and addiction risk.The first step in the effectiveness of pain management in the emergency department is evaluation and control. Pain control should be included in the emergency management system from the stage of triage assessment of the patient and should be concluded with the correct analgesic use, if necessary. In emergency departments, waiting for analgesia can be prolonged unnecessarily, and mostly insufficient doses of analgesics administered.Mainly the use of opioids in the emergency department is not preferred much because it reduces the symptoms and masks the examination findings. However, against this conventional idea, recent studies have shown that opioids use reduces pain-related anxiety.Also, it increases the patients' participation in the examination, thus making it more effective. While patients feel better, symptoms such as tenderness and defense were generally not affected by analgesia.This descriptive study was conducted to evaluate the attitude and knowledge of nurses working in a university hospital about opioid analgesic administration, after the ethical committee approved.

Official Title
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Nurses' Knowledge and Attitudes Towards Opioids in Pain Management in North Cyprus

Conditions
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Opioid Use, Unspecified, Nurse's Role, Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice

Intervention / Treatment
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* Other: Evaluation of nurses' knowledge and attitudes about opioid analgesics working in a university hospital


Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria: Nurses, working university hospital, accepted to join to study - Exclusion Criteria: Other health care personnel, did not accept to join to study, long term leaving from job
Sexes Eligible for Study
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All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers
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Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Study Plan
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How is the study designed?
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Design Details

Primary Purpose: Other
Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
Interventional Model Description: The research population consisted of 190 nurses working in a university hospital. Because all of the nurses in the research population could not be reached, a sample was selected using a simple random sampling method. One hundred twenty-seven nurses were interviewed in the research population, with a 95% confidence interval and a 5% sampling error.
Masking: None (Open Label)


Arms and Interventions

| Participant Group/Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
| --- | --- |
| Other: Nurse<br>The research population consisted of 190 nurses working in a university hospital. Because all of the nurses in the research population could not be reached, a sample was selected using a simple random sampling method. One hundred twenty-seven nurses were interviewed in the research population, with a 95% confidence interval and a 5% sampling error. | Other: Evaluation of nurses' knowledge and attitudes about opioid analgesics working in a university hospital<br>* Interventions involving nurses' pharmacological level<br>* Other names: Opinions and attitudes on opioid administration;|

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Nurses' Knowledge and Attitudes towards Opioids in Pain Management in North Cyprus | Questionnaire, Knowledge scores of the participants were calculated over 100. 4 points were given for each correct answer, and 0 for each wrong or don't know.  The range of scores was 0-100. A high score was a mean high level of knowledge. | Through study completion, an average of 6 months | 

 Terms related to the study
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Keywords Provided by Centre Hospitalier Valida
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Opioid, Knowledge, Attitude, Nursing