title: Knowledge of doctors and nurses on pain in patients undergoing craniotomy.
abstract: The study objectives were to characterize the profile of the doctors and nurses caring for patients in the craniotomy postoperative period, checking pain assessment methods and to identify the existence of analgesia protocols. Cross-sectional and analytical study. The casuistry is constituted of 30 doctors and 30 nurses. The results revealed that 83.3 % of the nurses were female, 63.3% knew pain scales, and 16.6% said that analgesia protocols exist. Regarding doctors 60% were male, 70% knew the pain scales, 3.3% had specialization in pain treatment, 13.3% they stated that there are analgesia protocols. The ignorance on the part of doctors and nurses about the assessment scales and pain assessment methods reveals the need for the creation of institutional policies on controlling pain, the use of instruments for the measurement of the pain phenomenon and analgesia protocols in the institution.
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal de Sergipe, Departamento de Enfermagem, São Cristóvão, SE, Brazil. enffer2@yahoo.com.br
authors.forename: Maria do Carmo de Oliveira
authors.initials: Mdo C
authors.lastname: Ribeiro
authors.forename: Carlos Umberto
authors.initials: CU
authors.lastname: Pereira
authors.forename: Ana Maria Calil
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Sallum
authors.forename: José Antonio Barreto
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Alves
authors.forename: Marcelly Freitas
authors.initials: MF
authors.lastname: Albuquerque
authors.forename: Paula Akemi
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Fujishima
mesh_terms: D002983:Clinical Competence; D003399:Craniotomy; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009726:Nurses; D059408:Pain Management / Q000592:standards*; D010147:Pain Measurement / Q000592:standards*; D010149:Postoperative Pain; D010820:Physicians