ArticleCancers2023
Assessing Nurses' Knowledge and Attitudes towards Cancer Pain Management in Oman.
Article in Cancers, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.
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- Nurses' Pain Knowledge, Attitudes, and Perceived Barriers to Timely Analgesia in a Saudi Tertiary Hospital: A Cross-Sectional Study.Nursing reports (Pavia, Italy) · 2026Article
- Cancer pain knowledge and attitudes of healthcare professionals: A systematic review of surveys and their measurement properties.British journal of pain · 2026Article
- Knowledge and attitudes on cancer pain management among nurses at National Cancer Institute Sri Lanka.BMC nursing · 2025Article
- Unmet needs and emotional well-being of family caregivers of adult patients with cancer in Oman: a cross-sectional study.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2025Article
- What is cancer pain? Investigating attitudes of patients, carers, and health professionals: A cross-sectional survey.Pain practice : the official journal of World Institute of Pain · 2025Article
- Barriers and facilitators to effective pain management in elderly Arab patients: a nursing perspective through a qualitative study.BMC nursing · 2024Article
- Knowledge and attitude of nursing students toward pain management and opioids: A cross-sectional survey in the western region Saudi Arabia.Saudi journal of anaesthesiaArticle
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Abstract
Cancer care in the Gulf Cooperation Countries, including Oman, faces challenges due to increasing incidence and late-stage diagnoses. Cancer patients at later stages suffer complex symptoms, pain being a prominent one. Access to adequate pain relief is a global problem, including in the Middle East, where palliative care is lacking. Nurses play a crucial role in pain assessment and management but often lack the necessary training, resulting in inadequate relief and prolonged hospital stays. This study aims to examine the knowledge and attitudes of nurses in a national cancer center toward the management of cancer pain, with the goal of identifying any gaps in their knowledge. This is a cross-sectional descriptive study conducted among nurses at the national cancer center in the Royal Hospital. The Nurses' Knowledge and Attitudes Survey Regarding Pain (NKASRP) was used to determine the pain-related knowledge and attitudes of the nurses. Out of 150 registered nurses, 118 participated in this study (78% response rate). The mean NKASRP score was 49.6%. Half of the participants (50%) had a poor level of knowledge and attitude, 46% had fair knowledge and attitude, and only five participants (4%) had a good level of knowledge and attitude. A statistically significant association existed between knowledge and education level, years of experience caring for cancer patients, and prior pain management training (
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