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Nurses' Knowledge and Attitude About Opioids

NCT04252443 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 127

Last updated 2020-02-05

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Summary

Opioid analgesics used in moderate or severe pain have potential side effects and addiction. Therefore, nurses have hesitations about opioid administration.This descriptive study aimed to evaluate the attitude and knowledge of nurses working in a university hospital about opioids. One hundred twenty-seven nurses were interviewed in the research population. The research data were obtained from the questionnaire, prepared by the researchers, between 01-05 June 2018. It consisted of three parts: descriptive characteristics, attitudes, and knowledge on opioid administration, and evaluation of basic nursing skills and pharmacology about opioids. Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) 24.0 package program was used for statistical analysis.

Conditions

  • Opioid Use, Unspecified
  • Nurse's Role
  • Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice

Interventions

OTHER

Evaluation of nurses' knowledge and attitudes about opioid analgesics working in a university hospital

Interventions involving nurses' pharmacological level

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • European University of Lefke

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Semra Aslay, MD · European University of Lefke

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2018-06-01
Primary Completion
2018-06-05
Completion
2018-06-05

Countries

  • Turkey (Türkiye)

Study Locations

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