Nurses' Knowledge and Attitude About Opioids

NCT ID: NCT04252443

Last Updated: 2020-02-05

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

127 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2018-06-01

Study Completion Date

2018-06-05

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.

Conditions

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

Study Design

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Allocation Method

NA

Intervention Model

SINGLE_GROUP

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.
Primary Study Purpose

OTHER

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Nurse

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.

Group Type OTHER

Evaluation of nurses' knowledge and attitudes about opioid analgesics working in a university hospital

Intervention Type OTHER

Interventions involving nurses' pharmacological level

Interventions

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Evaluation of nurses' knowledge and attitudes about opioid analgesics working in a university hospital

Interventions involving nurses' pharmacological level

Intervention Type OTHER

Other Intervention Names

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Knowledge about opioid and adjuvant analgesics Opinions and attitudes on opioid administration

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

\-

Exclusion Criteria

* Other health care personnel, did not accept to join to study, long term leaving from job
Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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European University of Lefke

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Semra Aslay

Ass. Prof. (M.D.)

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Semra Aslay, MD

Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR

European University of Lefke

Locations

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European University of Lefke

Mersin, , Turkey (Türkiye)

Site Status

Countries

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Turkey (Türkiye)

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Related Links

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http://www.who.int/cancer/palliative/painladder/en/

World Health Organization Analgesic Ladder Scheme

Other Identifiers

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opioid

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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