This study is a descriptive research on relationship among knowledge, attitude and performance of the nurses in acute hospitals and predictors of performance. As identifying predictors of performance on pain management for dementia patients, this stud...
This study is a descriptive research on relationship among knowledge, attitude and performance of the nurses in acute hospitals and predictors of performance. As identifying predictors of performance on pain management for dementia patients, this study is to suggest basic data that could help prepare effective pain management measures and standardized pain management guidelines for dementia patients.
This study collected data through self-reported questionnaires from January 22nd to February 14th in 2019. It set 140 nurses, working in medical and surgical wards of an advanced general hospital in Seoul, as research subjects.
In case of pain management of dementia patients, this study utilized a measuring tool that Ryu Young-Seun(2018) revised and complemented, which originally Fetherstonhaugh(2016) developed. In case of attitude, this study utilized a measuring tool that Kim Eun-Joo(2006) developed. In case of performance, this study utilized a measuring tool that Lee Mi-Hyun and Park Myong-Hwa(2016) developed. Using SPSS/WIN 24.0 program, it analyzed the data, depending on the research purpose, by using frequency, percentage, average and standard deviation, t-test, one-way ANOVA, Sheffe's test, Pearson's correlation and Stepwise multiple regression.
The research results are as follows. Total point of subjects on pain management of dementia patients is average 19.90(±2.47), out of 24. Total point on attitude is average 3.05(±0.26), out of 4. Total point on performance is average 3.77(±0.46) out of 5. Total point on pain assessment performance, which is a subcategory, is average 4.04(±0.61), Total point on pain mediating performance is average 3.63(±0.47), This study found that the pain assessment performance is higher than pain mediating performance for dementia patients.
This study found that there is no significance between knowledge and attitude of pain management for dementia patients, depending on general characteristics and features related to the pain management of subjects. However, there is significance on performance, based on age, marriage, clinical career, the number of pain management education, knowledge and performance level that the subject recognized and education participation for dementia patients.
As results of researching relationship between knowledge, attitude and performance of the subjects on pain management for dementia patients, this study found that there is positive correlation among knowledge and attitude on pain management for dementia patients(r=.21, p=.011), and attitude and performance on pain management for dementia patients(r=.20, p=.020). This study found that there is no significant correlation between knowledge and performance on pain management for dementia patients.
This study identified predictors of pain management performance for dementia patients as career(β=.282, p<.001), pain management knowledge that subjects recognized(β=.256, p<.001), and attitude on pain management (β=.178, p<.022) The variables showed 18.7% total explanatory power (F=11.686, p<.001).
According to the results, predictors on pain management performance of nurses for dementia patients could be considered. Then, this study expects that further studies should be needed for developing standardized pain management guidelines that could conduct educations to improve desirable attitude and awareness on pain management for dementia patients and could be easily applied into actual clinical nursing fields.