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- Title
Effectiveness of a psycho-oncology training program for oncology nurses: a randomized controlled trial.
- Authors
Kubota, Yosuke; Okuyama, Toru; Uchida, Megumi; Umezawa, Shino; Nakaguchi, Tomohiro; Sugano, Koji; Ito, Yoshinori; Katsuki, Fujika; Nakano, Yumi; Nishiyama, Takeshi; Katayama, Yoshiko; Akechi, Tatsuo
- Abstract
<bold>Objective: </bold>Oncology nurses are expected to play an important role in psychosocial care for cancer patients. The aim of this study was to examine whether a novel training program aimed at enhancing oncology nurses' ability to assess and manage common psychological problems in cancer patients would improve participants' self-reported confidence, knowledge, and attitudes regarding care of patients with common psychological problems (trial register: UMIN000008559).<bold>Methods: </bold>Oncology nurses were assigned randomly to either the intervention group (N = 50) or the waiting list control group (N = 46). The intervention group received a 16-h program, the content of which focused on four psychological issues: normal reactions, clinically significant distress, suicidal thoughts, and delirium. Each session included a role-play exercise, group work, and didactic lecture regarding assessment and management of each problem. Primary outcomes were changes in self-reported confidence, knowledge, and attitudes toward the common psychological problems between pre-intervention and 3 months post-intervention. Secondary outcomes were job-related stress and burnout. Intervention acceptability to participants was also assessed.<bold>Results: </bold>In the intervention group, confidence and knowledge but not attitudes were significantly improved relative to the control group. No significant intervention effects were found for job- related stress and burnout. A high percentage (98%) of participants considered the program useful in clinical practice.<bold>Conclusions: </bold>This psycho-oncology training program improved oncology nurses' confidence and knowledge regarding care for patients with psychological problems. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
- Subjects
NURSES' attitudes; NURSE training; CANCER patient psychology; PSYCHOSOCIAL factors; ONCOLOGY; RANDOMIZED controlled trials; EDUCATION of nurse practitioners; TUMORS &; psychology; ONCOLOGY nursing; COMPARATIVE studies; EMPLOYEE orientation; RESEARCH methodology; MEDICAL cooperation; NURSE-patient relationships; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH; STATISTICAL sampling; TUMORS; EVALUATION research; HOSPITAL nursing staff
- Publication
Psycho-Oncology, 2016, Vol 25, Issue 6, p712
- ISSN
1057-9249
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1002/pon.4000