633: An analysis of Serbian nurses' approach to patients' pain

Topic: Education, Societal Impact, and Others
Subtopic: Education of pain care

Background and Aims: Poorly controlled acute postoperative pain is correlated with poor patient satisfaction, increased the length of stay in the hospital, increased cost, and it can progress to chronic pain. The aim of the study was to explore the knowledge and practices of nurses in the surgery unit in a tertiary care hospital in Belgrade, Serbia.

Methods: A cross-sectional study involved 41 (48.2%) randomly-chosen nurses of both genders worked fulltime in the surgery unit in KBC"Dr. Dragiša Mišović" in Belgrade. The data were obtained using the unstandardized questionnaire regard to pain.

Results: The mean duration of experience at the clinics was 15.2 years. In everyday practice 14/41 of nurses don't record pain. Only 3/41 nurses report pain in special pain list. A 12/41 of participants consider that fentanyl in form of patch is use for acute or acute+chronic pain. About 66% nurses believe that ‚‚coxibe often cause stomach ulcerations/haemorrhage‚‚. For 56.7% nurses hepatotoxicity is a side effect of ibuprofen. For 12% of nurses adjuvant analgesics are used only for the severe pain. For 10% of participants analgesics for postoperative pain should be given only when patient request.

Conclusions: Current results indicate that it is necessary to develop education on pain treatment for health professionals in Serbia. This is results of the pilot study. It is important to continue this research and expand it to a larger number of nurses,Development of multidisciplinary pain teams could be beneficial for patients with pain.

References: None

Presenting Author: Milorad Srebro
Submitting Author: Milorad Srebro

Senior Author: Milorad Srebro

IASP 2026 Global Year theme of Neuropathic Pain: Yes

• Dragana Srebro - Faculty of Medicine, University of Belgrade, Department of Pharmacology, Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology