title: Attitudes of anesthesiology residents and faculty members towards pain management.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  There is a large armamentarium of pain-reducing interventions and analgesic choices available to anesthesiologists, but oligoanalgesia continues to be a large problem. We studied the attitudes of residents and faculty members of anesthesiology towards different domains of pain medicine.
  
  
  METHODS
  anonymous questionnaires were mailed to 68 professionals containing demographic and personal data plus 40 items in 10 domains: control, emotion, disability, solicitude, cure, opioids, harm, practice settings, training, and barriers. Internal consistency was 0.70 and the test-retest reliability was 0.80.
  
  
  RESULTS
  With 81% response rate, we observed desirable beliefs towards all domains except moderately undesirable beliefs towards the domain solicitude. Scores of residents and faculties were not significantly different.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Continuing education programs on both the international guidelines, routine professional education, are needed to improve attitudes towards pain control.
authors: Tehran University of Medical Sciences--Pain Management Center, Sina Hospital, Imam ave., Tehran, Iran. panahkha@sina.tums.ac.ir
authors: Mahdi
authors: M
authors: Panah Khahi
authors: Mohammad Reza
authors: MR
authors: Khajavi
authors: Atabak
authors: A
authors: Nadjafi
authors: Reza Shariat
authors: RS
authors: Moharari
authors: Farsad
authors: F
authors: Imani
authors: Iman
authors: I
authors: Rahimi
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000776:Anesthesiology / Q000193:education*; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D007396:Internship and Residency; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D059408:Pain Management / Q000379:methods*; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians'; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires