Knowledge and attitudes of nursing and medicine stuff in general hospital regarding cancer pain

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Unit:
ΠΜΣ Οργάνωση και Διαχείριση Ανακουφιστικής και Υποστηρικτικής Φροντίδας Χρονίως Πασχόντων
Library of the School of Health Sciences
Deposit date:
2017-07-07
Year:
2017
Author:
Palassari Chrisoula
Supervisors info:
Ελισσάβετ Πατηράκη, Καθηγήτρια, Νοσηλευτική, ΕΚΠΑ
Κακλαμάνος Ιωάννης, Αναπληρωτής Καθηγητής,Τμήματος Νοσηλευτικής,ΕΚΠΑ
Κατσαραγάκης Στυλιανός,Λέκτορας, Νοσηλευτικής, Πανεπιστημίου Πελοποννήσου
Original Title:
Γνώσεις και στάσεις νοσηλευτικού και ιατρικού προσωπικού γενικού νοσοκομείου για την αντιμετώπιση του καρκινικού πόνου
Languages:
Greek
Translated title:
Knowledge and attitudes of nursing and medicine stuff in general hospital regarding cancer pain
Summary:
Overview: Cancer pain has physical, emotional, social and spiritual dimensions. Its subjective nature makes pain a complex concept regarding both its assessment and management. However, cancer pain is a worldwide problem with high incidence but inadequate treatment.
Aim: The investigation of the knowledge and attitude of health professionals regarding cancer pain and the sociodemographic factors affecting them.
Material-Method: The sample of the study consisted of 98 physicians, 70 nurses and 36 nurses’ assistants of a general hospital in Attiki, Greece. A questionnaire of dociodemographic characteristics recording was used as well as the Knowledge and Attitudes Survey Regarding Pain Scale (KASRP), consisting of 35 closed type questions and two case studies. The data analysis was conducted using the software SPSS and the statistical significance was set at <0.05.
Results: The knowledge of the health professionals about cancer pain management was not found to be satisfactory. Doctors have more specialized knowledge in relation to nurses (p=0.000) and mainly oncologists, as well as the health professionals working in oncology clinics (p=0.000). The factors which influence the knowledge and attitudes of both doctors and nurses are sex, since men were found to have more knowledge than women (p=0.032), attendance of relative seminars (p=0.001) and post-graduate studies (p=0.000) as well as age and work experience (p=0.002 & 0.001 respectively). Ongoing education was found as the strongest independent prognostic factor for more answers (p=0.007).
Conclusions: Cancer pain can be adequately managed but there is a need of continuous education of the health professionals mainly in palliative care.
Main subject category:
Health Sciences
Keywords:
Cancer pain, Knowledge and attitude, Health professionals
Index:
No
Number of index pages:
0
Contains images:
Yes
Number of references:
125
Number of pages:
92
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