Assessment of Pain Management Competencies among Healthcare Professionals in Meru Teaching and Referral Hospital Land St Theresa Mission Hospital Kiirua in Meru County/ (Record no. 93727)
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| Personal name | Wanzallah, Paulyne Truphena |
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| Title | Assessment of Pain Management Competencies among Healthcare Professionals in Meru Teaching and Referral Hospital Land St Theresa Mission Hospital Kiirua in Meru County/ |
| Statement of responsibility, etc | Paulyne Truphena Wanzallah |
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| Place of publication, distribution, etc | Meru: |
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| Summary, etc | Pain is a public health problem and affects millions of people globally. Analysed medical<br/>literature reveals a concerning gap of up to 30% of healthcare professionals lack training in<br/>pain assessment and management. Effective pain management is essential and possible<br/>through comprehensive pain management guidelines, trained healthcare professionals and<br/>adequate facilities. It helps ensure patient recovery, comfort and overall quality of life.<br/>However, studies suggest that health care professionals often demonstrate varying levels of<br/>competency in pain assessment and management. The objective of this study is to assess the<br/>healthcare professionals’ competency in pain management in Meru Teaching and Referral<br/>hospital and St Teresa mission hospital Kiirua. Design was a Cross-sectional study (Mar 23– May 5, 2025). Participants were 154 Health Care Professionals (22 doctors, 31 clinical<br/>officers, 101 nurses). Tool Used was Adapted KASRP questionnaire. The practice questions<br/>and observation checklist questions were developed from literature review. Ethics approval<br/>from MIRERC, NACOSTI, Meru County Research office, MeTRH and STAMHK<br/>administration and a consent from participants were sought. Analysis was by descriptive,<br/>Chi-square, logistic regression, and multinomial logistic regression at a Significance set at p<br/>< 0.05. N= 135. The Mean Knowledge on pain assessment total scores obtained by doctor,<br/>clinical officers and nurses were (32.7222, N=18), 28.4333, N=30), (30.4419, N=86)<br/>respectively. 17(89.5%) out of 19 questions assessing the HCPs skills in pain management<br/>were answered correctly. (41.5%) healthcare professionals use the pain assessment tool<br/>every time they meet the patients. Clinical officers used it more frequently as compared to<br/>doctors and nurses. A significant difference between the KASRP score, sample<br/>characteristics and the observation checklist result where (p<0.001) was noted. 48 (100%) of<br/>the sampled patient files had a prescription of pain medication, only 11(22.9%) of the files<br/>had pain classification and only 2 (4.2%) had finding according to assessment scale<br/>documented. Variation of practice exists among healthcare professionals in the utilization<br/>of pain assessment tools. Majority participants reported having and following pain<br/>management guidelines but only a small percentage use pain assessment tools and document<br/>the pain assessment findings. This study highlights the need of improvement in knowledge<br/>in order to improve the skills in Pain management among healthcare professionals at<br/>MeTRH and STMHK. Competency is contributed to by knowledge, skills and attitudes<br/>equally. With these findings, HCP had good knowledge practice and attitude in pain<br/>management but poor documentation practices |
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| Cataloguer | Selina Muthii |
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| Library of Congress Classification | Meru University | Meru University | Periodical Section | 26/03/2026 | Donation | 0.00 | Selina Muthii | RT87.P3.W3 2025 | 26-39357 | 26/03/2026 | 26/03/2026 | Thesis |