Nurses’ Knowledge and Attitude towards Postoperative Pain Management in Ghana

Table 1

Demographic data (n = 211). Knowledge of pain management.

Variables	Minimum	Maximum	Mean ± SD
Age (Years)	23	39	29.77 ± 3.952
Experience as a nurse (years)	1	16	4.33 ± 2.540
Experience as a nurse in surgical	1	10	2.67 ± 1.682
Ward (years)
	Frequency	Percent
Gender
Male	89	42.2
Female	122	57.8
Marital status
Married	116	55.0
Single	95	45.0
Level of education
Diploma	131	62.1
Undergraduate	77	36.5
Masters	3	1.4
Rank (position)
Staff nurse	69	32.7
Senior staff nurse	57	27.0
Nursing officer	56	26.5
Senior nursing officer	28	13.3
Principal nursing officer	1	0.5
Training on pain
Yes	81	38.4
No	130	61.6
Total	211	100.0