Attitudes and knowledge of healthcare providers toward pain management in a level 2 hospital in Burkina Faso
- Canadian Journal of Anesthesia/Journal canadien d anesthésie , 67 (3) : 623-624
Résumé
Acute or chronic pain is a socially threatening experience.1 The majority of the world’s population (85%) suffers from physical pain with family, occupational, social, and financial repercussions. Pain remains undertreated, and the reasons for this ‘‘oligoanalgesia’’ are inadequate assessment, insufficient knowledge, and negative attitudes.2 Barriers to pain management are grouped into those related to patients,
drug availability, health systems, and health professionals’ knowledge and attitudes. In Burkina Faso, there is no policy or training program related to pain, and opioid legislation remains restrictive. At the regional hospital of Koudougou, many patients continue to complain about
pain when receiving emergency treatment and on the postoperative war
Mots-clés
Health care, Pain management, Nursing, Business, Medicine, Political science, Physical therapy