title: [Self-evaluation of knowledge and competence with regard to the treatment of pain].
abstract: In a survey completed at our hospital, 519 doctors and nurses were asked to evaluate their own knowledge and competence with regard to the treatment of various types of pain, including non-pharmacologic treatment methods. A total of 473 responded to the questionnaire. In the study, cancer-related pain and pain from causes other than cancer were assessed in separate population groups. Of the doctors, 58% evaluated their knowledge of nociceptive pain as very good or fairly good. The corresponding findings for neuropathic pain were 31%, for psychological pain 27%, for social pain 25% and for spiritual and existential aspects of pain 22%. The nurses scored lower than the doctors on knowledge and competence in relation to nociceptive and neuropathic pain (32% and 18% respectively), and higher on treatment of the psychological and social aspects of pain (44% and 36% respectively). Many of the doctors and nurses evaluated their knowledge as fairly poor or very poor with regard to nonpharmacologic treatment methods. In both professions 80% answered that depression was seen fairly often or very often among these patients.
authors.affiliation: Smerteseksjonen Anestesiavdelingen, Regionsykehuset i Trondheim.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Skauge
authors.forename: P C
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Borchgrevink
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kaasa
mesh_terms: D000698:Analgesia / Q000379:methods / Q000592:standards*; D000700:Analgesics / Q000627:therapeutic use; D002908:Chronic Disease; D002983:Clinical Competence; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D009726:Nurses; D010146:Pain / Q000188:drug therapy; D059408:Pain Management; D010166:Palliative Care; D010820:Physicians; D012647:Self-Assessment; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
chemical_list: D000700:Analgesics
vernacular_title: Vurdering av egen kunnskap og kompetanse om behandling av smerter.