Knowledge and attitudes toward pediatric pain management among nursing interns from a selected university in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia: a descriptive cross-sectional quantitative study
Introduction Pediatric pain is often not addressed properly in the literature, which suggests a research gap in pediatric health-care providers’ knowledge and attitudes toward the treatment of pain experienced by children in various health-care settings. To improve future practice in this area, nurs...
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| author | Sumathi Robert Shanmugam Amany Anwar Saeed Alabdullah Maha Hanis Alenezi Shahad Khalid Aldughyshim Maryam Fahad Alnemer Wedad Khalid Almutairi Ghaida Saad Alhadyan Rasha Zaid Albugomi Fatimah Abdullah Alkhulayfi |
| author_facet | Sumathi Robert Shanmugam Amany Anwar Saeed Alabdullah Maha Hanis Alenezi Shahad Khalid Aldughyshim Maryam Fahad Alnemer Wedad Khalid Almutairi Ghaida Saad Alhadyan Rasha Zaid Albugomi Fatimah Abdullah Alkhulayfi |
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| description | Introduction Pediatric pain is often not addressed properly in the literature, which suggests a research gap in pediatric health-care providers’ knowledge and attitudes toward the treatment of pain experienced by children in various health-care settings. To improve future practice in this area, nursing interns should be well versed in pediatric pain assessment and management to improve pediatric pain management practices in collaboration with other health-care professionals. Purpose This study aimed to assess the levels of knowledge and attitudes toward pediatric pain management among nursing interns at a specific academic institution. Methods This descriptive cross-sectional quantitative study employed an online questionnaire to collect data from 119 female nursing interns in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. In addition to collecting the participants’ demographic profiles, the questionnaire gathered data using the Pediatric Nurses’ Knowledge and Attitudes Survey Regarding Pain instrument. Descriptive and inferential statistics were calculated using SPSS for Windows (v. 21.0). Results The nursing interns’ overall knowledge and attitudes toward pediatric pain management were found to be poor, with a mean score of 36.59% (standard deviation, 13.2). Conclusion Additional education and clinical training for nursing interns is essential to enhance their knowledge and attitudes toward pediatric pain management. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-da2e72b1f30946bb9cc1181dc79b209e2025-08-20T02:24:46ZengPeerJ Inc.PeerJ2167-83592025-04-0113e1928810.7717/peerj.19288Knowledge and attitudes toward pediatric pain management among nursing interns from a selected university in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia: a descriptive cross-sectional quantitative studySumathi Robert Shanmugam0Amany Anwar Saeed Alabdullah1Maha Hanis Alenezi2Shahad Khalid Aldughyshim3Maryam Fahad Alnemer4Wedad Khalid Almutairi5Ghaida Saad Alhadyan6Rasha Zaid Albugomi7Fatimah Abdullah Alkhulayfi8Department of Maternity and Pediatric Nursing, College of Nursing, Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University, Riyadh, Saudi ArabiaDepartment of Maternity and Pediatric Nursing, College of Nursing, Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University, Riyadh, Saudi ArabiaCollege of Nursing, Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University, Riyadh, Saudi ArabiaCollege of Nursing, Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University, Riyadh, Saudi ArabiaCollege of Nursing, Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University, Riyadh, Saudi ArabiaCollege of Nursing, Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University, Riyadh, Saudi ArabiaCollege of Nursing, Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University, Riyadh, Saudi ArabiaCollege of Nursing, Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University, Riyadh, Saudi ArabiaCollege of Nursing, Princess Nourah bint Abdulrahman University, Riyadh, Saudi ArabiaIntroduction Pediatric pain is often not addressed properly in the literature, which suggests a research gap in pediatric health-care providers’ knowledge and attitudes toward the treatment of pain experienced by children in various health-care settings. To improve future practice in this area, nursing interns should be well versed in pediatric pain assessment and management to improve pediatric pain management practices in collaboration with other health-care professionals. Purpose This study aimed to assess the levels of knowledge and attitudes toward pediatric pain management among nursing interns at a specific academic institution. Methods This descriptive cross-sectional quantitative study employed an online questionnaire to collect data from 119 female nursing interns in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. In addition to collecting the participants’ demographic profiles, the questionnaire gathered data using the Pediatric Nurses’ Knowledge and Attitudes Survey Regarding Pain instrument. Descriptive and inferential statistics were calculated using SPSS for Windows (v. 21.0). Results The nursing interns’ overall knowledge and attitudes toward pediatric pain management were found to be poor, with a mean score of 36.59% (standard deviation, 13.2). Conclusion Additional education and clinical training for nursing interns is essential to enhance their knowledge and attitudes toward pediatric pain management.https://peerj.com/articles/19288.pdfAttitudesKnowledgeNursing internsNursing collegePediatric pain management |
| spellingShingle | Sumathi Robert Shanmugam Amany Anwar Saeed Alabdullah Maha Hanis Alenezi Shahad Khalid Aldughyshim Maryam Fahad Alnemer Wedad Khalid Almutairi Ghaida Saad Alhadyan Rasha Zaid Albugomi Fatimah Abdullah Alkhulayfi Knowledge and attitudes toward pediatric pain management among nursing interns from a selected university in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia: a descriptive cross-sectional quantitative study PeerJ Attitudes Knowledge Nursing interns Nursing college Pediatric pain management |
| title | Knowledge and attitudes toward pediatric pain management among nursing interns from a selected university in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia: a descriptive cross-sectional quantitative study |
| title_full | Knowledge and attitudes toward pediatric pain management among nursing interns from a selected university in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia: a descriptive cross-sectional quantitative study |
| title_fullStr | Knowledge and attitudes toward pediatric pain management among nursing interns from a selected university in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia: a descriptive cross-sectional quantitative study |
| title_full_unstemmed | Knowledge and attitudes toward pediatric pain management among nursing interns from a selected university in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia: a descriptive cross-sectional quantitative study |
| title_short | Knowledge and attitudes toward pediatric pain management among nursing interns from a selected university in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia: a descriptive cross-sectional quantitative study |
| title_sort | knowledge and attitudes toward pediatric pain management among nursing interns from a selected university in riyadh saudi arabia a descriptive cross sectional quantitative study |
| topic | Attitudes Knowledge Nursing interns Nursing college Pediatric pain management |
| url | https://peerj.com/articles/19288.pdf |
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