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김묘연 ( Kim Myo-Youn ) - 강북삼성병원 종양혈액내과
박연환 ( Park Yeon-Hwan ) - 서울대학교 간호대학
박달이 ( Park Dar-Lee ) - 강북삼성병원
황연자 ( Hwang Yeon-Ja ) - 강북삼성병원
장희경 ( Chang Hee-Kyung ) - 서울대학교 간호대학
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Abstract
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Purpose: The aim of this study was to investigate pain management knowledge and attitude in cancer patients and their family caregivers.
Methods: The subjects were 52 hospitalized cancer patients and 52 their family caregivers in a hematooncologic unit in one general hospital. Data were collected via self-reported questionnaires and interviews in 2008.
Results: 46.2% of the patient participants reported pain and 50% of them were taking opioid analgesics. Levels of knowledge about cancer pain and its management in both patient and caregiver participants were low, whereas, the scores of knowledge of the caregivers were significantly higher than that of the patients. The attitudes toward cancer pain were not significantly different between patients and caregivers. Both cancer patients and caregivers had some misconcepts in using opioid analgesics and about cancer pain. Patients’ and caregivers’ level of knowledge about cancer pain and its mangement demonstrated positive correlation.
Conclusion: Education about cancer pain and its management should target both cancer patients and their family caregivers. Also the education should focus on intervening the misconceptions that patients and their caregivers have regarding cancer pain and its management.
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KeyWords
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암환자, 암환자 가족원, 통증, 지식, 태도
Cancer, Family caregivers, Knowledge, Attitude, Pain
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원문 및 링크아웃 정보
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등재저널 정보
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