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Volume 14 Issue 3 (March) 2025

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Knowledge, Attitude and practices towards pain management among medical students in central India.
Dr. Maya Ramteke, Dr. Sachin Srivastava, Dr. Deepti Singh, Dr. Usha Joshi, Himanshu Dewangan

Background: Pain impacts billions of people daily and relief from pain is vitally important because if left untreated, it produces detrimental effects on quality of life, such as hopelessness, and social disturbance. Healthcare providers like physicians, physiotherapists, and nursing staff have played a pivotal role in pain management. limited knowledge and attitude toward pain reported as major obstacles for effective management of pain. Aim /Objective: This study aimed to assess knowledge, attitude, and practice toward pain management in undergraduate medical students and residents of various disciplines. Methods: A cross-sectional study was performed from 1-28 February of 2025, by questionnaire to assess the knowledge and attitudes regarding pain management. Which was distributed among 200 undergraduate medical students and residents of govt healthcare educational institute of Chhattisgarh, of which 120 medical students participated in this study. Data was analyzed by descriptive statistics. Result: One hundred twenty were responded and the response rate was 60 %. All of them have had pain education in previous years. The average age of responders was between 22-28 years. Of which 80 (66.7%) of them are undergraduates and 40 (33.3%) were residents in various disciplines. 46.7% were male and 53.3% were females. Around 90 % have good theoretical knowledge about the pathophysiology of pain. Conclusion: All of them have good theoretical knowledge about pain but when it comes to attitude and practices, they need clinical exposure as well as the seriousness of pain and how this impacts the quality of life of patients. So, it is recommended to consider pain management in continuous education with empathy in the clinical practices curriculum.

 
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