El-Aqoul Aqel, Obaid Abdullah, Jarrah Ihsan, Al-Rawashdeh Khaled, Al Hroub Ahmad
Department of Nursing, King Hussein Cancer Center, Amman, Jordan.
Asia Pac J Oncol Nurs. 2020 Jul 29;7(4):382-388. doi: 10.4103/apjon.apjon_17_20. eCollection 2020 Oct-Dec.
Nurses have an integral role in pain assessment and management. Adequate knowledge and positive attitudes toward pain management are essential to provide high-quality nursing care for cancer pain. The purposes of this study are to evaluate nurses' knowledge and attitude toward cancer-related pain and to assess the effectiveness of a pain management education program on nurses' knowledge and attitude toward pain.
A quantitative, experimental design was used.
The total number of participants who were surveyed at three measurement points was 131, with a completion rate of 87.3%. Findings revealed that the score of knowledge and attitude toward cancer-related pain ranged from 14 to 35, with a mean of 23.6 (standard deviation [SD] = 4.38). The mean scores of the intervention group and the control group at two measurement points regarding knowledge and attitude toward cancer-related pain were 32.7 (SD = 2.8) and 32.8 (SD = 4.3) and 23 (SD = 5.5) and 22.2 (SD = 3.8), respectively. There were significant differences at three measurement points among the intervention group ( = 114.3, < 0.0005). There were no differences in the three measurement points among the control group ( = 3.4, = 0.055).
Nurses have essential roles in cancer pain. A pain management education program can improve nurses' knowledge and attitude toward cancer-related pain.
护士在疼痛评估和管理中起着不可或缺的作用。对疼痛管理有充分的知识和积极的态度对于为癌症疼痛患者提供高质量的护理至关重要。本研究的目的是评估护士对癌症相关疼痛的知识和态度，并评估疼痛管理教育计划对护士关于疼痛的知识和态度的有效性。
采用定量实验设计。
在三个测量点接受调查的参与者总数为131人，完成率为87.3%。结果显示，对癌症相关疼痛的知识和态度得分在14至35分之间，平均分为23.6分（标准差[SD]=4.38）。干预组和对照组在两个测量点关于癌症相关疼痛的知识和态度的平均得分分别为32.7分（SD=2.8）和32.8分（SD=4.3）以及23分（SD=5.5）和22.2分（SD=3.8）。干预组在三个测量点存在显著差异（=114.3，<0.0005）。对照组在三个测量点无差异（=3.4，=0.055）。
护士在癌症疼痛管理中起着重要作用。疼痛管理教育计划可以提高护士对癌症相关疼痛的知识和态度。
