ArticleBMC nursing2024
Knowledge and practice of pediatric pain management and associated factors among nurses in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis.
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- Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices in Pediatric Pain Management: Cross-Cultural Adaptation and Initial Psychometric Evaluation of the Polish HUPEDCARE-Q Among Healthcare Students and Professionals.Journal of clinical medicine · 2026Article
- Multimodal distraction reduces intravenous cannulation pain and anxiety in preschoolers: Controlled prospective study.World journal of clinical pediatrics · 2026Article
- Impact of an algorithm-based postoperative pain management in patients undergoing abdominal surgery-A prospective interventional study.Journal of education and health promotion · 2026Article
- Acute paediatric pain management: A survey of doctors' knowledge, attitudes and reported practices at regional hospitals in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.African journal of emergency medicine : Revue africaine de la medecine d'urgence · 2025Article
- Nursing professionalism and associated factors in Ethiopia: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC nursing · 2025Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe knowledge and practices of nurses are determinant factors of pediatric pain management, but there are no pooled results concerning prevalence and associated factors. Therefore, this systematic review and meta-analysis aimed to determine the pooled prevalence of good knowledge, good practices, and associated factors for pediatric pain management in Ethiopia.
methodsPubMed, Cochrane, Scopus, CINAHL, Google Scholar, and university repositories in Ethiopia were searched. It was reported based on the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses guidelines, and Newcastle-Ottawa Scale was used to assess the quality. Cross-sectional studies conducted any time were included. STATA 17 was used to analyze the data after extraction. Heterogeneity was assessed via I
resultsNine studies with a total of 2355 nurses were included. The pooled prevalence of good knowledge and practices for pediatric pain management among nurses was 60% and 42%, respectively. The percentages were higher from 2015-2021 than from 2022-2024. Education, training, pain management protocols, and tools were the main variables analyzed. Hence, pre-service training (OR: 3.1, CI: 2.21-4.36), in-service training (OR: 3.04, CI: 1.78-5.18), and pain management protocol (OR: 2.53, CI: 1.59-4.03) were associated with good knowledge. MSc degrees (OR: 7.45, CI: 2.74-20.21), pre-service training (OR: 2.26, CI: 1.53-3.34), in-service training (OR: 3.27, CI: 1.72-6.25), presence of protocol (OR: 2.68, CI: 1.79-3.99), presence of tool (OR: 2.74, CI: 1.96-3.83), presence of policy (OR: 6.2, CI: 2.98, 12.91), knowledge of nurses (OR: 4.47, CI: 3.24, 6.18) and child cooperativeness (OR: 1.98, CI: 1.46, 2.67) were associated with good practices of pediatric pain management.
conclusionThe pooled prevalence of good knowledge and good practices was low. Education, training, and the availability of pain management protocols were the most important factors. Therefore, education and training provisions should focus on nurses working in pediatric wards.
trial registrationPROSPERO registration number: CRD42024572462.
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