Eyi Semra
Faculty of Health Sciences, Department of Surgical Nursing, Eskisehir Osmangazi University, Odunpazarı, Eskişehir, Türkiye.
BMC Med Educ. 2025 Apr 12;25(1):525. doi: 10.1186/s12909-025-07107-9.
Pain management is one of the important issues of health care since it affects the individual physically, mentally and socially by hindering daily activities and it is affected by individual characteristics. To investigate the association of nursing students'pain experiences and knowledge levels with their clinical pain management attitudes.
This descriptive cross-sectional study included 245 nursing students. Research data were collected between February and June 2022 in the nursing department of the State University Health Science Faculty in Central Anatolia/Türkiye. Data were collected using a questionnaire form that comprised three sections, 'Demographic and pain characteristics of students,' 'Pain knowledge of students,' and 'Clinical pain management attitudes.'
The mean age of students was 20.6 ± 1.61 years, 65.7% of students were female and 58.8% resided in student dormitories. In general, students achieved a poor score (7.72 ± 3.01) on the pain knowledge test and an quite good score (21.55 ± 2.82) on the clinical pain management attitudes test. The results showed a positive and moderately significant relationship between students'socio-demographic and pain experiences and their knowledge and attitude scores. Female gender (knowledge:7.90 ± 3.01/attitude:21.85 ± 2.66), persistent pain at certain intervals (knowledge:8.06 ± 2.78/attitude:22.09 ± 2.34) and a family history of chronic disease (knowledge:7.80 ± 2.96) were associated with higher knowledge and attitude mean scores.
Experiencing pain at regular intervals, not wanting to perform activities requiring physical strength when in pain, and having family members treated for pain and chronic diseases positively influenced students' pain knowledge and clinical pain management attitude scores, particularly among females. Furthermore, the knowledge scores increased for students who experienced pain due to chronic conditions and have experienced pain for longer periods and those who used pharmacological methods to manage pain. Attitude scores also increased for students who experienced pain due to stress, measured pain intensity, and used non-pharmacological methods to manage pain.
疼痛管理是医疗保健的重要问题之一，因为它通过阻碍日常活动对个体的身体、心理和社会方面产生影响，并且受到个体特征的影响。旨在调查护理专业学生的疼痛经历和知识水平与其临床疼痛管理态度之间的关联。
这项描述性横断面研究纳入了245名护理专业学生。研究数据于2022年2月至6月在土耳其中部安纳托利亚州立大学健康科学学院护理系收集。数据通过一份问卷形式收集，问卷包括三个部分：“学生的人口统计学和疼痛特征”、“学生的疼痛知识”以及“临床疼痛管理态度”。
学生的平均年龄为20.6±1.61岁，65.7%的学生为女性，58.8%的学生居住在学生宿舍。总体而言，学生在疼痛知识测试中的得分较低（7.72±3.01），在临床疼痛管理态度测试中的得分相当不错（21.55±2.82）。结果显示，学生的社会人口统计学和疼痛经历与其知识和态度得分之间存在正相关且具有中等显著关系。女性（知识：7.90±3.01/态度：21.85±2.66）、在特定时间段持续疼痛（知识：8.06±2.78/态度：22.09±2.34）以及有慢性疾病家族史（知识：7.80±2.96）与更高的知识和态度平均得分相关。
定期经历疼痛、疼痛时不想进行需要体力的活动以及家庭成员接受过疼痛和慢性病治疗对学生的疼痛知识和临床疼痛管理态度得分有积极影响，尤其是在女性中。此外，因慢性疾病经历疼痛、经历疼痛时间较长以及使用药物方法管理疼痛的学生，其知识得分有所提高。因压力经历疼痛、测量疼痛强度并使用非药物方法管理疼痛的学生，其态度得分也有所提高。
