Research Article
Physicians’ Attitudes to Clinical Pain Management and Education: Survey from a Middle Eastern Country
Table 3
Physicians’ approach to pain management based on years in practice.
| | | Total number of physicians | Years in practice | value | | | | Early career
(≤5 years)
| Mid-career
(6–10 years)
| Advanced career
(≥11 years)
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| | Making hospital rounds on patients in pain everyday | 64 (92.75%) | 36 (94.74%) | 7 (87.50%) | 21 (91.30%) | 0.372 | | Routine patient’s pain assessment | 60 (86.96%) | 33 (86.84%) | 5 (62.50%) | 22 (95.65%) | 0.062 | | Method for pain assessment | | | | | | | Visual analogue scale | 20 (29%) | 6 (15.79%) | 3 (37.5%) | 11 (47.83%) | 0.020 | | Numerical scale | 12 (17.4%) | 8 (21.05%) | 0 (0.00%) | 4 (17.39%) | 0.533 | | Verbal communication | 50 (72.5%) | 27 (71.05%) | 6 (75.0%) | 17 (73.91%) | 1.000 | | Consulting with other health care providers for pain management | | | | | | | Nurse | 29 (42.03%) | 14 (36.84%) | 4 (50.00%) | 11 (47.83%) | 0.610 | | Pharmacist | 8 (11.59%) | 1 (2.63%) | 2 (25.00%) | 5 (21.74%) | 0.020 | | Physician | 45 (65.22%) | 28 (73.68%) | 7 (87.50%) | 10 (43.48%) | 0.025 | | More than one answer | 13 (18.84) | | | | | | Measurement of pain performance improvement after intervention | | | | | | | Pain score | 49 (71.01%) | 32 (84.21%) | 3 (37.50%) | 14 (60.87%) | 0.010 | | Improved patient satisfaction ratings | 33 (47.83%) | 13 (34.21%) | 5 (62.50%) | 15 (65.22%) | 0.045 | | Shortened length of hospital stay | 16 (23.19%) | 4 (10.53%) | 5 (62.50%) | 7 (30.43%) | 0.005 | | More than one answer | 29 (42.03%) | | | | |
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