Associated factors with the knowledge of nurses of a high complexity oncology centre in Brazil, on the management of cancer pain.

Associated factors with the knowledge of nurses of a high complexity oncology centre in Brazil, on the management of cancer pain. Ecancermedicalscience. 2019;13:928 Authors: Dos Santos Ferreira F, Meira KC, Félix RS, de Oliveira IRS, Pinto CMI, Dos Santos Silva MA, Dos Santos J Abstract Pain is one of the most prevalent symptoms in cancer patients and may be directly related to cancer or to the procedures needed for its diagnosis and treatment. It is estimated that about 40% of cancer patients receive inadequate treatment for painful conditions. Among the barriers to adequate pain management are inadequate knowledge and the dysfunctional beliefs of healthcare professionals. Therefore, the present study aims to assess the knowledge of oncology nurses on the management of pain, as well as the factors associated with it. It is a cross-sectional study with 126 nurses working at a High Complexity Oncology Centre in Brazil. Knowledge about the management of cancer pain was evaluated through the instrument 'Nurses' Knowledge on Cancer Pain Management-World Health Organization-developed by Ramos (1994). In the analysis of the association between knowledge about pain management and the independent variables, Poisson regression was used with robust variance, and values of p ≤ 0.05 were considered statistically significant. Adequate knowledge prevalence was 54.1% confidence intervals (CI 5.40%-62.80%). These nurses differed in relation to th...
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