Journal of Hospice and Palliative Care
- Volume 2 Issue 1
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- Pages.7-15
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- 1999
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- 2765-3072(pISSN)
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- 2765-3080(eISSN)
The Comparison of Physicians' and Nurses' Knowledge and Attitudes Toward Cancer Pain Management
통증 관리에 대한 의사와 간호사의 지식과 태도 비교
- Lee, Eun-Ok (Seoul National University, College of Nursing) ;
- Heo, Dae-Seok (Seoul National University, College of Medicine) ;
- Kim, Soon-Ja (Korea University College of Nursing) ;
- Kim, Yeul-Hong (Korea University, College of Medicine) ;
- Yoon, Sung-Soo (Sung Kyun Kwan University, College of Medicine) ;
- Kwon, In-Gak (Samsung Medical Center) ;
- Cho, Seok-Goo (Department of Oncology Nursing, Catholic University) ;
- Park, Myung-Hee (College of Medicine, Kangnam St. Mary's Hospital, Hospice Department) ;
- Park, Jung-Yoon (Seoul National University, College of Nursing)
- 이은옥 (서울대학교 간호대학) ;
- 허대석 (서울대학교 의과대학) ;
- 김순자 (고려대학교 간호대학) ;
- 김열홍 (고려대학교 의과대학) ;
- 윤성수 (성균관대학교 의과대학) ;
- 권인각 (삼성의료원 혈액종양간호과) ;
- 조석구 (가톨릭대학교 의과대학) ;
- 박명희 (강남성모병원 호스피스간호과) ;
- 박정윤 (서울대학교 간호대학)
- Published : 1999.06.30
Abstract
This survey was designed to evaluate knowledge and attitudes of physicians and nurses toward cancer pain management in South Korea and to compare physicians' knowledge and attitudes with nurses' Ninety-nine physicians and 152 nurses working at four major institutions in South Korea were included for the study. With the 30 items of the knowledge with true and false answers about cancer pain such as pain assessment(6 items), pharmacokinetics of opioids(8 items), analgesics classification(11 items), and drug administration(5 items), total score of knowledge answered by physicians was 21.40, which was not significantly higher than 20.87 answered by nurses. Rates of the correct answer were more than 70% in both physicians and nurses. Physicians were more knowledgeable in pharmacokinetics and analgesics classification than nurses, while nurses higher only in pain assessment than physicians. Since physicians and nurses could not effectively manage the cancer pain because of inappropriate knowledge, it is important to provide intensive education to physicians and nurses about cancer pain management.
목적 : 암환자에게 있어 통증은 삶의 질을 좌우하는 가장 중요한 증상이다. 현재의 통증 치료 방법 즉, 적절한 약물 치료 방사선, 마취, 신경차단 등의 방법으로 97%정도가 통증 조절이 가능함에도 불구하고, 여러 국내외 문헌에서는 암환자의