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Pain Management 2019 & Internal Medicine 2019 International Journal of Anesthesiology & Pain Medicine
ISSN: 2471-982X Page 30
JOINT EVENT
7th Edition of International Conference on
Pain Management
8th Edition of International Conference on
Internal Medicine &
Patient Care
&
March 25-26, 2019
Rome, Italy
A study on knowledge, attitudes and practices regarding
pain management among medical officers of the sri
jayewardenepura general hospital
Jayawickreme K P1, Perera U A W L1, Dissanayake D H P1 and S A S P Subasinghe2
Sri Jayewardenepura General Hospital, Sri Lanka
Background & Aim: Pain is not pathology per se, but a
symptom indicating underlying disease. Blind treatment
of pain will result in masking the only presentation of a
possible sinister underlying pathology. The objective
of this study is to analyze the knowledge, attitudes
and practices on pain management among doctors to
prevent underuse, misuse and abuse of analgesics and
to optimize pain management.
Methodology: This is a descriptive study, where a
standardizedself-administeredquestionnaire;knowledge
and attitudes survey regarding pain (KASRP) was filled by
doctors at the Sri Jayewardenepura General Hospital and
analyzed.
Results: Among 102 participants the mean KASRP score
was 56.25%, with majority of 59.8% subjects having
moderate scores (50-70%) and only 7.8% having high
scores (>70%). The mean number of years of experience
among those who had low scores was 3.52 years and
that of high scores was 6.25 years, but there was no
statistically significant correlation between years of
experience and KASRP score according to the spearman
non parametric test (p=0.073). The mean score of
postgraduate trainees was 61.9%. Post graduate trainees
have a statistically significant higher score than intern
medical officers (p=0.001) and Intern medical officers
have a statistically significant higher score than medical
officers (p=0.04) according to Post HOC test.
Conclusion: The awareness on painmanagement among
the study population is averageandneeds tobe improved.
The knowledge, attitudes and practices are higher among
those who have a continuous medical education and
training and who are aware of current pain management
guidelines. Introducing painmanagement workshops will
be beneficial in improving the outcome.
Biography
Jayawickreme K P is an MBBS Graduate from the Faculty of
Medicine at University of Peradeniya who passed out with
second upper class honors and a distinction in Paediatrics.
She is currently a Registrar in Internal Medicine at The Sri Jay-
awardenepura General Hospital, Sri Lanka and is a Postgrad-
uate trainee of the Postgraduate Institute of Medicine, of the
University of Colombo. She worked as a Temporary Lecturer
at the Department of Medicine at the Peradeniya University.
She has published seven researches and five case reports in
internationally recognized reputed journals and has presented
oral and poster presentations in local and international medical
conferences.
Jayawickreme K P et al., Int J Anesth Pain Med 2019, Volume 5
DOI: 10.21767/2471-982X-C1-005