Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices of Oncology Nurses towards Complementary and Alternative Medicine for Cancer Care in Qatar

Hassan, Azza; Allam, Ayman; S, Al Kindi; G, Abu Zeinah; Eziada, Saad Jobran; A, Bashir

doi:10.4172/2155-6148.1000477

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“…Nurses’ recommendation of exclusive alternative medicine for NHL patients may deviate from evidence-based practice and compromise standard pharmacotherapy effectiveness. This highlights a lack of basic knowledge regarding alternative medicine among nurses, consistent with a previous study in Qatar emphasizing the need to enhance complementary therapy education for oncology nurses [ 42 ]. On the other hand, Canadian oncology nurses acknowledge the importance of complementary and alternative medicine as part of person-centered care, emphasizing its inclusion in the foundations of oncology nursing practice.…”

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Evaluation of clinicians’ knowledge and practice regarding pharmacotherapy of Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma: A multi-center study in Yemen

Battah,

Zainal,

Ibrahim

et al. 2024

PLoS ONE

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Non-Hodgkin lymphoma (NHL) is a hematological malignancy that requires effective pharmacotherapy for optimal management. There is limited information regarding Yemeni clinicians’ knowledge and practice of NHL pharmacotherapy. This study aims to assess the knowledge and practice of physicians and nurses in Yemen regarding pharmacotherapy of NHL. A cross-sectional study was conducted in Sana’a, Yemen, from January 1, 2022, to January 31, 2023. Two self-administrated and validated questionnaires were distributed to 99 physicians and 164 nurses involved in pharmacotherapy for NHL in different oncology centers and units across Yemen. Convenience samples were used to recruit participants. A binary logistic regression analysis was performed to identify factors associated with nurses’ and physicians’ knowledge and practice. The correlation coefficient was used to examine the relationship between knowledge and practice. A total of 77 physicians and 105 nurses completed the questionnaires. The results showed that 54.3% of nurses and 66.2% of physicians had poor knowledge of NHL pharmacotherapy. In terms of practice, 83.8% of nurses and 75.3% of physicians exhibited poor practice regarding NHL pharmacotherapy. Multivariable logistic regression analysis identified that nurses who received sufficient information about chemotherapy displayed a significant association with good knowledge, while nurses working in the chemotherapy administration department were significant predictors of good practice. Among physicians, those working in the National Oncology Center (NOC) in Sana’a demonstrated good practice. Correlation analysis revealed a positive relationship between nurses’ knowledge and their practice. The study’s results confirm deficiencies in knowledge and practice of pharmacotherapy for NHL among physicians and nurses in Yemen. Efforts should be made to enhance their understanding of treatment guidelines and to improve patient care. Improvement in educational programs and training opportunities may contribute to improving patient outcomes in the management of NHL.

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Evaluation of clinicians’ knowledge and practice regarding pharmacotherapy of Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma: A multi-center study in Yemen

Battah,

Zainal,

Ibrahim

et al. 2024

PLoS ONE

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“…Hassan et al (2014) concluded that 88.8% of the nurses had already heard about NCT. 93.5% of those nurses think that NCT can help the patients, 24.3% often recommend these therapies to their patients and 84.9% would inform the institution in which they work about the advantages of introducing these NCT as an essential part in the treatment of oncological diseases.…”

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Reiki Complementary Therapy In Nursing Practice

Martins¹

2017

European Proceedings of Social &Amp; Behavioural Sciences

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Reiki is a therapy performed by placing hands on specific points in the body and using energy transfer to provide a natural well-being. Nursing also presents within its specific interventions, an essential part based on the touch to the person to whom it cares, being therefore important to have correct knowledge on these techniques. Thus the study intends to evaluate the knowledge that the nurses have about Reiki and to identify determining factors in this knowledge. This is a cross-sectional, descriptive and correlational study, carried out with a non-probabilistic sample by convenience, consisting of 49 nurses with a mean age of 38.96 years, working in health institutions in the central region of Portugal on whom a questionnaire was applied to evaluate knowledge about Reiki. The questionnaire was developed for this purpose by the researchers.We found that 59.1% of nurses had reasonable knowledge, 38.6% had high knowledge and only 2.3% had low knowledge. Knowledge was higher in nurses who had already received Reiki treatment (p = 0.032) who had differentiated care (p = 0.019) who were holders of a master degree (0.040) and had a higher professional category (p = 0.016).We conclude that the knowledge of nurses about Reiki is moderately positive and this is clearly superior in the group that performs functions in differentiated care when compared to those of primary care. On the other hand we found several factors that correlate with this knowledge and on which it is important to intervene in order to improve knowledge.

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Knowledge and Attitude of Oncology Practitioners towards Complementary and Alternative Medicine for Cancer Care in Qatar

Hassan¹

2015

J Anesthe Clinic Res

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Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices of Oncology Nurses towards Complementary and Alternative Medicine for Cancer Care in Qatar

Cited by 5 publications

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Evaluation of clinicians’ knowledge and practice regarding pharmacotherapy of Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma: A multi-center study in Yemen

Evaluation of clinicians’ knowledge and practice regarding pharmacotherapy of Non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma: A multi-center study in Yemen

Reiki Complementary Therapy In Nursing Practice

Knowledge and Attitude of Oncology Practitioners towards Complementary and Alternative Medicine for Cancer Care in Qatar

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