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Table 1 Demographics and characteristics associated with nurses' knowledge, attitude, and practices towards pain management of critically ill patients

From: Knowledge, attitude, practice and perceived barriers of nurses working in intensive care unit on pain management of critically ill patients: a cross-sectional study

Demographics

Number (%)

Median knowledge [Q1- Q3]

P value

Median Attitude [Q1- Q3]

P value

Median Practices [Q1- Q3]

P value

Sex

 Male

127 (66.5)

6 [4-8]

0.160a

6 [5-7]

0.168a

5 [3-6]

0.168a

 Female

64 (33.5)

7 [5-8]

 

6 [5-7]

 

6 [3-7]

 

Age (year)

  > 25

38 (19.9)

7 [5-8]

0.412b

6 [5-7]

0.476b

3 [2-6]

 < 0.001*b

 25–29

89 (46.6)

7 [4-8]

 

6 [5-7]

 

4 [3-7]

 

 30–34

25 (13.1)

6 [3–7.5]

 

5 [5-6]

 

6 [5,6]

 

  > 35

39 (20.4)

6 [4-8]

 

6 [5-7]

 

6 [5-7]

 

Experience (year)

  < 2

47 (24.6)

7 [5-8]

0.713b

7 [5-7]

0.816b

4 [2-6]

 < 0.001*b

 3–5

62 (32.5)

7 [4-8]

 

7 [5-7]

 

4 [3-7]

 

 6–9

38 (19.9)

6 [4-8]

 

6 [5-7]

 

6 [3-7]

 

  < 10

44 (23)

6 [3-8]

 

6 [5-7]

 

6 [5-7]

 

Hospital type

 Government Hospital

89(46.6)

7 [2.5–8.5]

0.667a

6 [5-7]

0.765a

5 [5-6]

0.361a

 Private Hospital

102 (53.4)

7 [5-8]

 

6 [5-7]

 

5 [5-6]

 

Work area

 PICU

31 (16.2)

8 [4-8]

0.183b

6 [5-7]

0.193b

5 [3-7]

0.688b

 MICU

25 (13.1)

7 [4-8]

 

6 [5 – 7.5]

 

6 [2 – 6.5]

 

 CICU

65 (34.0)

6 [4-8]

 

6 [5-7]

 

6 [5-6]

 

 SICU

27 (14.1)

7 [5-8]

 

6 [5-7]

 

5 [3-6]

 

 General ICU

43 (22.5)

5 [2-8]

 

5 [5-7]

 

4 [3-6]

 

Level of education

 Master in Nursing

41 (21.5)

8 [6-10]

 

7 [6-8]

 

6 [4-7]

 

 Registered nurse

122 (63.9)

7 [5-8]

 < 0.001*b

6 [5-7]

 < 0.001*b

5 [3-6]

0.009*b

 Practical nurse

28 (14.7)

5 [3-7]

 

5 [5-6]

 

5 [3-6]

 

Did you take a previous course on pain management?

 Yes

62 (32.5)

7 [5 – 8.5]

0.002*a

6 [5-7]

0.003*a

7 [6-7]

 < 0.001*a

 No

129 (67.5)

6 [3-8]

 

5 [5-6]

 

4 [3-5]

 
  1. Abbreviations: PICU Pediatric ICU, MICU Medical ICU, CICU Cardiac ICU, SICU Surgical ICU
  2. ap-value is calculated using the Mann–Whitney U test
  3. bp-value is calculated using the Kruskal–Wallis test