Child maltreatment and pediatric pain: A survey of healthcare professionals' pain knowledge and pain management techniques.

ABSTRACT: Children who have been maltreated are at an increased risk of having their pain under-recognized and undertreated by healthcare professionals, and thus, are more susceptible to adverse outcomes associated with undertreated pain. This study's aims were to examine: (1) if healthcare professionals' pediatric pain knowledge is associated with their pain assessment methods, (2) if maltreatment-specific pain knowledge is associated with consideration of child maltreatment when deciding on a pain management strategy, and (3) if pediatric pain knowledge would relate to maltreatment-specific pain knowledge. A sample (N = 108) of healthcare professionals responded to a survey designed to examine their current knowledge and utilization of pediatric pain assessment and mana

SUBMITTER: Campbell S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11607853 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature