Perception of Theatre Personnel Toward the Use of Alderete Scale in Post Anaesthesia Care Unit Management of Patients in Usmanu Dan Fodiyo University Teaching Hospital, Sokoto

Oyakilome A, Umar A, Salihu KA and Mohammad A

Published on: 2025-07-14

Abstract

Nurses play significant role in the care and management of patients at different stages of the surgical process. The surgical process includes preoperative preparation, intra-operative care or interventions and post-operative management and care interventions for the patient's recovery after surgery. Intraoperative care is a process that begins when the patient has being taken to the operating room and continues until they leave the operating room. The study aimed at evaluating the perception of theatre personnel towards the use of modified alderete scale in post anaesthesia care unit management of patient of Usmanu Danfodiyo University Teaching Hospital, Sokoto. The study employed a descriptive cross-sectional design.  A stratified random sampling technique was used to select 43 theatre personnel. Descriptive statistics like frequency, mean, standard deviation and percentage were used to describe the distribution of data. Pearson’s rank correlation was used in determining the relationship between knowledge and level of utilization of pain scales in pain management at the p=0.05 level of significance. A total of 43 study participants were involved in this study. More than half of the personnel 28 (65.15%), were males; 18 (41.9%) of them were in the age category of 34-39 years with mean age of 36.74 and standard deviation of ±2.917. The magnitude of good knowledge towards modified alderete scale in PACU management of patients among theatre personnel was 81.4% with a mean score of 9.17 ± 0.161. The magnitude of good attitude towards using modified alderete scale among theatre personnel was 95.3% with a mean score of 25.17 ± 2.290. The magnitude for the level of utilization of pain assessment scale in pain management was 18.6%. The study revealed that theatre personnel working in post anaesthesia care unit of Usman Danfodiyo University Teaching Hospital, Sokoto had good knowledge, good attitude towards the use of modified alderete scale managing patients.