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- IRMS - Nicolae Testemitanu SUMPh
- REVISTE MEDICALE NEINSTITUȚIONALE
- The Moldovan Medical Journal
- The Moldovan Medical Journal
- The Moldovan Medical Journal 2023
- Moldovan Medical Journal, March 2023, Vol. 66, No1
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Title: | Knowledge, attitudes and practices of neurologists regarding the management of chronic non-cancer pain in the Republic of Moldova |
Authors: | Grosu, Oxana Rotaru, Lilia Odobescu, Stela Sangheli, Marina Plesca, Svetlana Carausu, Ghenadie Moldovanu, Ion |
Keywords: | chronic pain;knowledge-attitudes-practices research;neurologists |
Issue Date: | 2023 |
Publisher: | The Scientific Medical Association of the Republic of Moldova |
Citation: | GROSU, Oxana, ROTARU, Lilia, ODOBESCU, Stela, et al. Knowledge, attitudes and practices of neurologists regarding the management of chronic non-cancer pain in the Republic of Moldova. In: The Moldovan Medical Journal. 2023, vol. 66, no 1, pp. 18-23. ISSN 2537-6381. https://doi.org/10.52418/moldovan-med-j.66-1.23.03 |
Abstract: | Background: Chronic pain is a public health problem due to its high prevalence, disability, and associated comorbidities. In the Republic of Moldova, there
are no health policies or strategies regarding chronic pain, and the burden on the population is not known because it is not registered nor monitored by the
state. The aim was to analyze the knowledge, attitudes, and practices of neurologists regarding the management of chronic pain in the Republic of Moldova.
Material and methods: Mixed observational study (qualitative and quantitative) was designed and carried out using a Knowledge, Attitudes, Practices
research questionnaire. The study includes 50 neurologists, average age of 47.4±9.52 years, women (82%), and urban area (80%), interacting with chronic
pain patients on a daily basis (86%).
Results: 42% of neurologists know about pain measurement tools, 40% of them use these pain measurement tools, 40% of neurologist know clinical
guidelines, 92% of them practice pharmacological and non-pharmacological treatments. The neurologists (62%) presented negative attitudes about chronic
pain patients. Just 18% of them have sufficient knowledge and skills to deal with such a patient, 64% of neurologists received training on chronic pain issues.
Conclusions: Neurologists have little knowledge of pain measurement tools and guidelines and don’t use them, which makes chronic pain poorly addressed,
evaluated, and treated at the national level. They recognize the right of the patient to live without suffering and to benefit from quality services focused
on their needs, but consider patients difficult to approach, communicate and work with. |
metadata.dc.relation.ispartof: | The Moldovan Medical Journal |
URI: | https://doi.org/10.52418/moldovan-med-j.66-1.23.03 http://repository.usmf.md/handle/20.500.12710/23945 https://moldmedjournal.md/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Moldovan-Med-J-2023-Vol.-66-No1.pdf |
ISSN: | 2537-6373 2537-6381 |
Appears in Collections: | Moldovan Medical Journal, March 2023, Vol. 66, No1
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