Cancer Pain And Its Management: Knowledge Of Nurses At Selected Health Institutions, Offering Cancer Treatment In Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2013

R, Nega; Tachbele, E; Kassa, Getachew Mullu

doi:10.4172/2167-0846.1000137

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“…Another finding in this study was that healthcare providers tended to disbelieve patients’ reports of pain. This finding is comparable to those from a previous study, wherein doctors tended to believe that patients overreported their pain more than nurses; as a result, patients complaining of pain were given a placebo ( Nega et al, 2014 ).…”

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confidence: 85%

“…A perceived healthcare provider barrier was a lack of knowledge and skills in assessing and managing cancer pain. Various studies found that nurses and doctors did not have adequate knowledge about pain assessment and management ( Nega et al, 2014 ; Omran et al, 2014 ; Toba et al, 2019 ). Javier et al (2016) and Toba et al (2019) determined that inadequate pain assessment by medical staff, which may be due to inadequate knowledge, an underestimation of the patient's complaint of pain, or inadequate communication and listening skills, were significant barriers that prevent the adequate control of cancer-related pain.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Healthcare Providers’ Perceptions of the Cancer Pain Management Barriers at a Hospital in Zambia: A Qualitative Study

Mulonda,

Havenga,

de Villiers

2023

SAGE Open Nursing

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Introduction Cancer incidence and mortality are increasing worldwide, and pain is the most common symptom patients experience. Despite developments in cancer pain management and guidelines, the pain often remains undertreated. Effective pain management ultimately involves overcoming several complex institutional, patient, and healthcare provider-related barriers. Objective The objective of the study was to explore and describe healthcare providers’ perceptions of the cancer pain management barriers at a hospital in Zambia. Method A descriptive qualitative study was conducted. Data were collected from 10 purposively sampled medical doctors and registered nurses using prepiloted semistructured individual interviews. Interviews were audio recorded and transcribed verbatim. Thematic analysis was done, and trustworthiness was enhanced based on the criteria described by Lincoln and Guba. Ethical principles, as outlined in the Declaration of Helsinki, were adhered to. Results Three themes emerged, namely patient-related barriers (biographic characteristics, patient knowledge and perceptions), healthcare provider-related barriers (knowledge and perceptions and language barriers), and institution-related barriers (resource limitations and lack of standards and guidelines). Healthcare providers’ views that cultural beliefs about cancer being caused by witchcraft and the use of traditional medicine and services are barriers to cancer pain management were unique to this study. Conclusion Cancer pain management requires a total pain management approach that addresses the barriers to pain management strategies from a patient, healthcare provider, and institutional perspective. The knowledge deficit among patients and healthcare providers is a barrier to cancer pain management and one of the most common challenges reported in the literature. This study further points toward a need to develop culturally competent healthcare providers.

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confidence: 85%

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confidence: 99%

Healthcare Providers’ Perceptions of the Cancer Pain Management Barriers at a Hospital in Zambia: A Qualitative Study

Mulonda,

Havenga,

de Villiers

2023

SAGE Open Nursing

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“…This knowledge deficiency might be due to serious deficiencies in the undergraduate nursing education curriculum which does not incorporate palliative care as it is needed (7,11). Even if this finding regarding nurses' knowledge is not enough to give care, it is higher than the findings of studies done in Palestine (20%), India (21%), Saudi Arabia (38%), and Addis Ababa (30.5%, 26.5%) (7,8,12,13,14). This might be due to the difference in the study period that the previous studies were conducted before five years when in-service training and formal palliative care education were not adequate.…”

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confidence: 63%

“…However, it disagrees with a study done in public hospitals in Addis Ababa. In the previous study, there is no association between the level of education and knowledge of nurses on palliative care (13,14). The possible reason for this discrepancy may be due to the difference in case flow in which the previous study was done in a more urbanized setting than the current study.…”

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confidence: 79%

Assessment of Knowledge and Attitude towards Palliative Care and Associated Factors among Nurses Working in North Wollo Hospitals

Getie¹,

Wondmieneh²,

Mengesha³

et al. 2021

Ethiop J Health Sci

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BACKGROUND: Palliative care improves the quality of life of patients facing a life-threatening illness. Nurses should improve their caregiving capacity. In Ethiopia, palliative care is underestimated. The availability of data regarding the knowledge and attitude of nurses towards palliative care is critically important. Thus, this study aimed to assess the level of knowledge and attitude of nurses towards palliative care.METHODS: Institution-based, cross-sectional study was conducted in North Wollo hospitals. A simple random sampling technique was used. The data was collected using structured selfadministered questionnaires from February to March 2019. The analysis was done using a binary logistic regression model. P-value < 0.05 was considered as statistically significant.RESULTS: The result revealed that 59.7% of the respondents had good knowledge and 44.2% had a favorable attitude towards palliative care. Level of education, experience in caring for chronically ill patients, and experience in caring for dying family members within the last 6 months had a significant association with the knowledge of nurses. Monthly income, experience in caring for chronically ill patients, formal palliative care education, and knowledge were found statistically significant with the attitude of nurses towards palliative care.CONCLUSION: More than half of the nurses had good knowledge, but less than half of the respondents had a favorable attitude towards palliative care. Attention should be given towards palliative care by the health policy and needs to be incorporated into the national curriculum of nursing education.

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Knowledge and Attitude of Oncology Nurses toward Cancer Pain Management: A Review

Salim¹,

Al-Attyat²,

Tuffaha³

et al. 2017

Arch Med

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Pain is one of the main symptoms involved in cancer patients receiving treatment or because of the disease itself. Approximately, 30% to 50% of cancer patients receiving treatment experience pain and 70% to 90% with advanced stages of cancer experienced moderate to severe pain. Reducing the pain and suffering of cancer patients is essential to delivering quality care. Pain experienced by cancer patients affects quality of life, physical functioning, social relationship, and mental health, pain often co-occurs with additional symptoms, such as fatigue, sleep disturbance, loss of appetite, and anxiety.

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Cancer Pain And Its Management: Knowledge Of Nurses At Selected Health Institutions, Offering Cancer Treatment In Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, 2013

Cited by 3 publications

References 9 publications

Healthcare Providers’ Perceptions of the Cancer Pain Management Barriers at a Hospital in Zambia: A Qualitative Study

Healthcare Providers’ Perceptions of the Cancer Pain Management Barriers at a Hospital in Zambia: A Qualitative Study

Assessment of Knowledge and Attitude towards Palliative Care and Associated Factors among Nurses Working in North Wollo Hospitals

Knowledge and Attitude of Oncology Nurses toward Cancer Pain Management: A Review

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