TITLE:
The Third Year Anesthesiology Residents’ Knowledge Regarding Pediatric Postoperative Pain Management
AUTHORS:
Somboon Thienthong, Jirawadee Seehanoo, Wimonrat Sriraj, Suwannee Suraseranivongse, Allen Finley
KEYWORDS:
Anesthesiology Resident; Knowledge; Pediatric; Postoperative Pain Management
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Anesthesiology,
Vol.3 No.9,
November
21,
2013
ABSTRACT: Background: There are six Anesthesiology training
centers in Thailand that are approved to operate the training program. An
evidence of residents’ knowledge about pediatric postoperative pain management
is needed for improving the program. Objective: To assess the third year
anesthesiology residents’ knowledge about pediatric postoperative pain management. Materials and Methods: The questionnaire was adapted from
previous studies. The questionnaire has 35 questions consisted of 17 multiple
choice questions and 18 true or false questions to cover 2 domains: 1) use of age-appropriate pediatric
pain assessment (10 questions) and 2) pediatric pain treatment (25 questions).
Minimal passing level of the questionnaire rated by three young anesthesiology
staffs was 76.2%. All 62 participants were the 3rd year
anesthesiology residents from 6 training centers. Data were analyzed by
descriptive statistics. Results: The response rate was 95.2%.
Seventy-one percent of participants reported that they had learned about
pediatric pain treatment. Of those, 55.9% rated their remaining knowledge at
median level. The proportion of the correct score was 67.7% (mean 23.7 ± 2.9
SD) which was lower than the minimal passing level. The highest score was 29
and the lowest score was 16. For pain assessment domain; the mean proportion of
correct score was 65% (range 90%-40%). For pain treatment domain; the mean proportion
of correct score was 68.8% (range 88%-44%). Conclusion: Anesthesiology
residents’ knowledge about
pediatric postoperative pain management needs to be improved.