期刊名称：Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine
印刷版ISSN：1232-1966
电子版ISSN：1898-2263
出版年度：2012
卷号：19
期号：4
页码：851-856
出版社：Institute of Agricultural Medicine in Lublin
摘要：Treating chronic pain forms an integral part of patient care where a doctor's level of expertise is important for ensuring an adequately pain-free life. The aim of the study, therefore, was to assess the level of knowledge in pain management among doctors during their post-graduate education; some of whom were already quali ed in various branches of medical specialisation.Materials and Me thods: A survey was performed on doctors undergoing post- graduate training unrelated to the treatment of pain at the Post-Graduate Education Centre at the Institute of Rural Health in Lublin, Poland. The questionnaire comprised of demographic and factual sec tions, the latter consisting of nine multiple choice questions on symptomatology and pharmacology of pain, including opioid treatment and neuropathic pain.Results: From the 271 respondents, 203 (74.9%) lled in the questionnaire properly, of whom 131 (64.5%) were female. The mean age was 35.5 years (SD= 6.3). The average number of correct replies received were 5.75 or 63.9%, (SD=0.51); of the total of 9 questions set, correc t answers were seen most frequently for questions No. 2 and question No. 4 (83.7 and 78.3%, respectively). Only 7 fully correct sets of answers were recorded.Conclusions: Signi cant shortcomings in knowledge about pain management were therefore observed from the sample of doctors' taken in the presented study. It is suggested that alternative/modi ed methods of education are required to address this issue, especially for doctors who do not have to deal with pain on a daily basis
关键词：chronic pain; knowledge of pain management; opioid treatment; neuropathic pain; medical education; post-graduate ;education
