Background: Colorectal cancer is common, the presenting symptoms are non-specific, and the stage of disease at diagnosis is closely related to survival. Regular screening reduces morbidity and mortality from this disease. The Health Belief Model posits that individuals are more likely to engage in preventive health behavior. Aim: to evaluate the effectiveness of nurse-led intervention on adults' health beliefs and screening behaviors toward colorectal cancer. Design: A quasi experimental design. Setting: This study was conducted in outpatients' clinics at Menoufia University hospital, Egypt. Sample: A purposive sample of 140 participants who were attended at pre-mentioned settings. Instruments: as following: I. Structured interviewing questionnaire, II: colorectal cancer awareness questionnaire. III: colorectal cancer Self-reported screening behavior questionnaire, IV: colorectal cancer Knowledge questionnaire. V: Health beliefs model questionnaire. Results: the mean age of the studied sample was 54.27± 7.271 and 52.129±6.324 for study and control groups respectively. Regarding to risk factors assessment 55.7% of study group and 65.7% of the control group has Low-fiber, protein-rich, and high fats in their diet. 80.0% of the study group and 84.3% of control group had negative family history for CRC. There was statistical improvement of total awareness score among study group (9.39±4.31) than those in control group (5.02±2.93) at post-intervention. The mean total behavior scores were 7.93±2.11 and 5.28±3.28 for study and control group respectively at post-intervention. There were statistical significance differences in total mean score of health belief model variables among study group at post intervention in which p value = .000. Conclusion: Nurse led intervention had positive impact on adult health beliefs, screening behaviors also improving their knowledge and awareness regarding colorectal cancer. Recommendations: Designing effective nursing strategies to address barriers of CRC screening and improve CRC knowledge and awareness, which is critical to achieving greater screening compliance.
Background: Palliative care can play a major role in relieving both physical and mental symptoms of the dying patient. Nurses are the key valuable palliative care team members who are responsible for the dimension of physical, functional, social, and spiritual patients' care. Essential factors affecting a successful implementation of palliative care are nurses' knowledge, attitude and self efficacy for providing care to these patients. Aim of the study: To examine impact of palliative care education on nurses' competency during care for dying patients. Methods: A quasi-experimental design was utilized. Setting: The study was conducted at oncology institute, general medical and general surgical unit of Menoufia University hospital. Subjects: A convenience sample of 120 nurses (52 from oncology institute, 34 from general medical and 34 general surgical unit) of Menoufia University who agreed to participate in this study were divided alternatively and randomly into two equal groups, 60 for group 1 and 60 for group 2.Tools: four tools were utilized by the researchers. Tool I: Structural interviewing questionnaire, Tool II: Palliative Care Quiz for Nursing, Tool III: The Frommelt Attitudes Toward Care of the Dying scale and Tool IV: The Palliative Care Self-Efficacy Scale. Results: the mean total score of Palliative Care nurses' knowledge in study group (16.48±1.88)was better than control group (7.23± 2.68), nurses' attitude toward palliative care of study group was 113.50±10.75 as compared to 91.21±12.40of control group and palliative care self-efficacy score of study group was 28.06±7.38 as compared to16.08±4.49 of control group at post-intervention. Conclusion: palliative care educational intervention to nurses can be effective in strengthening their knowledge base, improving attitude and level of self efficacy toward care of dying patient. Recommendations: Education and training programs about palliative care with simple illustrated booklet required for all nursing staff in health care setting.
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