Asian Oncol Nurs.  2015 Mar;15(1):28-36. 10.5388/aon.2015.15.1.28.

Sexual Health Care Attitudes and Practices of Nurses Caring for Patients with Cancer

• Chae YH
• Song YO
• Oh ST
• Lee WH
• Min YM
• Kim HM
• Lee SA
• Choi YS

• KMID: 2269431
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.5388/aon.2015.15.1.28

Abstract

PURPOSE
The purpose of this study was to examine nurses' sexual health care attitude and practice while caring for cancer patients.
METHODS
Data were collected using a structured questionnaire from 236 nurses caring for patients with cancer from June 30, 2014 to July 6, 2014 at a University Hospital in Daegu, Korea.
RESULTS
The mean score for sexual health care attitude of nurses caring for patients with cancer was 27.75+/-6.45 of a possible range 17 to 51 and the mean score for a sexual health care practice of nurses was 3.67+/-3.30 of a possible range 0 to 21. The scores of a sexual health care attitude and practice were significantly different by age, education, department, experience in gynecology or urology departments, and position. Sexual health care attitude and practice had a significantly positive correlation (r=.16, p=.015).
CONCLUSION
The nurses caring for patients with cancer recognize the importance of sexual health care, but their sexual health care practice rate was very low. Therefore specific and differentiated nurse education programs designed to increase sexual health care practice are required for young nurses and staff nurses that are not practicing sexual health care often.

Keyword

Nurses; Neoplasms; Sexual Health; Attitude; Practice

MeSH Terms

Daegu
Education
Gynecology
Humans
Korea
Reproductive Health*
Urology
Surveys and Questionnaires

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