Nurse’s Roles in Colorectal Cancer Prevention: A Narrative Review

Hashemi, Narges; Bahrami, Mehdi; Tabesh, Elham; Arbon, Paul

doi:10.1007/s10935-022-00694-z

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“…The main roles of nurses in primary prevention are providing education about CRC risk factors, weight control, exercise, diet, and overall wellness. Their main roles in secondary prevention are to provide information about scans and to organize navigation programs to increase participation in screenings [40]. It is considered that as the level of knowledge about screenings increases, participation in screenings will increase, especially when nurses working in primary health care perform their roles well in primary and secondary prevention.…”

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Predictors of Stages of Adoption for Colorectal Cancer Screening Among Primary Care Patients in Turkey

Dönmez

TOPTANER

Ata

et al. 2023

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Purpose Although colorectal cancer (CRC) screening programs are known and recommended for reducing the mortality and morbidity rates from CRC, the adherence rates for the fecal occult blood test (FOBT) and colonoscopy are low among adult individuals. Moreover, CRC screening behaviors of primary health care patients remain largely unknown. The purpose of this study was to examine the predictors of stages of adoption for CRC screening in primary health care patients. Methods This cross-sectional study was carried out in primary health care centers with 498 adults between the ages of 50 and 70 years. The data were collected using the “Descriptive Form” and the “Instruments to Measure CRC Screening Benefits and Barriers.” Results The results indicate that colonoscopy was better known compared to FOBT, and information sources of screening tests were mostly relatives and family physicians. Most participants were at the precontemplation stage. Education level, employment status, income level, health status, having a patient diagnosed with CRC in the family, and having information about screening were related to the perception of benefits of having a FOBT and colonoscopy. On the other hand, adherence to colonoscopy, lack of knowledge about screening, and provider recommendation were related to perceived barriers. In addition, perceived benefits and barriers were predictive factors of earlier stages of adoption for FOBT and colonoscopy. Conclusion The results of the study demonstrate that primary care providers have crucial roles for increasing CRC screening in the community. Interventions to improve screening adherence rates should be tailored to individuals in particular stages of adoption for CRC screening.

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Predictors of Stages of Adoption for Colorectal Cancer Screening Among Primary Care Patients in Turkey

Dönmez

TOPTANER

Ata

et al. 2023

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“…Especially, in primary prevention, the target population is consisted of healthy individuals, while the purpose is to prevent a disease from occurring, to determine misconceptions, and to create awareness of the importance of screening. At this level of CRC prevention, public health nurses play an important role in educating healthy people and their relatives about CRC risk factors (Hashemi et al., 2022; Kisling & Das, 2021). Additionally, nurses encourage healthy lifestyles such as eating habits, exercise, smoking, and alcohol consumption as well as having regular screening tests.…”

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“…Prevention promotes the need for cancer treatment, its side effects, and other adjuvant treatments. Also, it reduces health expenditures and creates awareness in society (Hashemi et al., 2022). Thus, this study aimed to investigate Iraqi adults’ health behaviors, knowledge, screening, and attitudes toward CRC.…”

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Health behaviors, knowledge, screening, and attitudes toward colorectal cancer among Iraqi adults

Mohammad,

Andsoy

2024

Public Health Nursing

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ObjectiveThis study aimed to evaluate the Iraqi population's health behaviors, knowledge, screening, attitudes toward colorectal cancer (CRC), and possible predictors that may affect their knowledge level.DesignCross‐sectional study.SampleOne thousand three hundred sixty‐one Iraqi adults from Sulaymaniyah/Iraq.MeasurementsThe odds ratio (OR) was used to find the association between knowledge of CRC and associated factors.ResultsAmong participants, 6.1% had a colonoscopy, 4.0% had a sigmoidoscopy, and 60.8% heard CRC screening. Participants had low knowledge level of CRC risk factors (5.52 ± 1.39), and symptoms (3.73 ± 1.16) and had a medium knowledge of screening (4.35 ± 1.02). Respondents who retired (OR = 1.30; p = .00) and who had graduated from university (OR = 0.86; p = .01) had a high knowledge of CRC, while those who were aged 70 and above (OR = ‐1.08; p = .00) had a low knowledge of CRC. Furthermore, it was found that Iraqi adults who answered “no idea” to questions related to attitude and who answered incorrectly questions related to risk factors were likely to have low knowledge (p = .00).ConclusionsWe found a lack of knowledge, screening, and misconceptions about CRC and screening among Iraqi adults. Thus, health training and screening programs should target Iraqi populations.

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“…Palliative care is sometimes delayed until the patients reach the end of their lives[ 3 ] due to several barriers, such as complex and unpredictable disease course, sudden death, patients’ insufficient knowledge about their disease, misinterpretation of the word palliative care as end-of-life care, healthcare providers’ limited palliative knowledge and their primary focus on standard treatment options, and insufficient communication and collaboration between medical professions. [ 17 ] Nurses contribute substantially as care coordinators in collaboration with other health professionals to provide palliative care to patients; however, insufficient training and lack of required resources, experience in communication skills,[ 18 ] have led to their resistance and reduced use of palliative care. [ 19 ] A study showed that nurses and doctors did not relieve the pain of heart patients entirely because they had insufficient knowledge about palliative care and the nature of heart failure.…”

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Development of a Heart Failure Palliative Care Educational Program for Nurses: A Multi-Method Approach

Bagheri,

Irajpour,

Hashemi

2024

Iranian Journal of Nursing and Midwifery Research

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Background: Comprehensive palliative care for patients with heart failure can be developed by educating cardiac nurses. The current study aimed to design a heart failure palliative care educational program for nurses. Materials and Methods: This study was carried out using the multi-method approach based on two out of four steps of Uys educational program development at Dr. Chamran Hospital, Isfahan, in 2020–2021. In step 1, educational needs were collected through literature review, interviews with 15 patients and 10 nurses, examination of patients’ documents and medical records, and observation. Then, in step 2, the importance and necessity of teaching the proposed topics and the teaching and evaluation method of the items were assessed through two rounds of delphi technique (15 expert panel members). Eventually, the educational program was finalized. Results: In step 1, the educational needs of nurses were identified in 6 general fields and 26 general learning topics. In step 2, educational needs [specialized knowledge (55% necessity and 55% importance) and social support (33% necessity and 33% importance)], teaching methods (role-playing, experiential learning, and journal club), and evaluation method (the information analysis method) were removed due to a lack of consensus (11%). Finally, the main parts of the program, including the program mission and vision, general learning topics, general goals, objectives, teaching strategies, and evaluation strategies, were compiled. Conclusions: This program provides nurses with up-to-date information on various aspects of the physical, psychological, social, spiritual, and educational needs of heart failure patients and ensures the provision of better services to them.

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Nurse’s Roles in Colorectal Cancer Prevention: A Narrative Review

Cited by 9 publications

References 125 publications

Predictors of Stages of Adoption for Colorectal Cancer Screening Among Primary Care Patients in Turkey

Predictors of Stages of Adoption for Colorectal Cancer Screening Among Primary Care Patients in Turkey

Health behaviors, knowledge, screening, and attitudes toward colorectal cancer among Iraqi adults

Development of a Heart Failure Palliative Care Educational Program for Nurses: A Multi-Method Approach

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