| dc.description.abstract | Painishighlyprevalentamongpatientswithcancer,especiallythosewithadvancedormetastatic
cancer.Adequatepainassessmentandmanagementisessentialtoimprovetheirqualityoflife,em
otionalwellbeing,relationships,andhealthoutcomes.Althoughseveralguidelinesandpharmacologicalopt
ionsareavailableforcancerpainmanagement(CPM),assessmentandtreatmentofcancerpainre
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maininadequateglobally,particularlyindevelopingcountries.Lackofknowledgeandnegative
attitudestowardsCPMamonghealthcareprofessionals(HCPs)areimportantbarrierstoCPM.C
ancerpaincanresultfromthediseaseitself,metastasesassociatedwithatumor,ornervedamage,
whichmightbecausedbycancertreatments.Painassociatedwithcancernegativelyaffectspatie
nts’andtheircaregivers’qualityoflife.Previousstudiesshowsthatcancerpainisunrelievedinma
nycasesduetolimitedaccessorlegalrestrictionstoopioidsandrejectionoftheusesofopioidsbyH
CPswhileotherstudiesshowedthatcancerpatientswereexperiencingunrelievedcancerpain,alt
houghtheyhadincreasinglybeenprescribedopioidsfortheirpain.Accurateknowledgeandgood
painevaluationanddocumentationpracticesshouldbepresentforefficientcancerpainmanage
ment.
ObjectiveToassesnurses’knowledge,attitude,practiceandperceivedbarrierstowardscancerp
ainmanagementatKapsabetCountyReferralHospital,NandiCounty.
Designthiswasadescriptivecrossectionalstudy.
StudyareathestudywasconductedatKapsabetCountyReferralHospital.
Subjects’nurseswhowerenotclinicallyactiveatworkatthetimeofdatacollection.
Samplingmethodconveniencesamplingmethodwasused.
Datacollectioninstrumentsself-administeredquestionnaireswasusedfordatacollection | en_US |
