فهرست نشریات علمی دسترسی آزاد ایران

Background: Effective cancer pain management requires accurate knowledge, attitudes,and assessment skills. The purpose of this study was to obtain information about theknowledge and attitudes of nurses concerning cancer pain management with the use HealthBelief Model (HBM) as conceptual framework. Materials and Methods: The study was adescriptive survey and included 98 randomly selected nurses from Alzahra hospital, Isfahan,Iran. A self‑administered questionnaire which was designed on the basis of HBM was usedto collect the data. Knowledge, attitudes, and HBM constructs regarding cancer pain werethe main research variables. The obtained data were analyzed by SPSS (version11.5) usingdescriptive statistics, independent t–test, and Pearson correlation at the significant level ofα=0.05. Results: Ninety‑eight nurses aged 38.7 ± 7.04 years were studied in this survey. Fromthe 10 pain knowledge questions assessed, the mean number of correctly answered questionwas 61.2 (SD=16.5), with a range of 30–100. There was a direct correlation between knowledgeand attitude of nurses with HBM constructs except for perceived barriers and perceived threat.Among the HBM constructs, the highest score was related to self‑efficacy with mean score of87.2 (SD=16.4). Conclusions: The findings support the concern of inadequate knowledgeand attitudes in relation to cancer pain management. We believe that basic and continuingeducation programs may improve the knowledge level of nursing about pain management.