Asian Oncol Nurs.  2022 Jun;22(2):111-120. 10.5388/aon.2022.22.2.111.

Nurses’ and Medical Doctors’ Perception and Management Status on Ototoxicity Related to Chemotherapy

• Yu JH
• Kim S
• Kang MH

• KMID: 2530948
• DOI: http://doi.org/10.5388/aon.2022.22.2.111

Abstract

Purpose
The purpose of this study was to investigate the perception of ototoxicity related to chemotherapy (cisplatin) and management status among nurses and doctors.
Methods
The participating subjects were 247 nurses working in the oncology ward and the anti-cancer injection room and 40 internal medicine doctors in C University Hospital of D City. The data were collected from October to November 2019, using a self-report structured questionnaire and analyzed by the SPSS/WIN 24.0 program.
Results
As a result of this study, 51.4% of nurses answered that they had knowledge of ototoxicity, 33.5% provided prior information on ototoxicity, and 4.5% provided information on the hearing test before cisplatin administration. The group with knowledge of cisplatin-related ototoxicity provided more information on both ototoxicity (χ²=105.02, p<.001) and hearing test (χ²=5.27, p=.022) than the group without knowledge of ototoxicity. The provision of education, including the contents of ototoxicity, improved the nurses’ knowledge about cisplatin-related ototoxicity, and it was found that more information about hearing loss was provided.
Conclusion
It was confirmed that education on the symptoms of cisplatin-related ototoxicity was required and no ototoxicity management system was in place. Therefore, it is necessary to develop an ototoxicity management program at the hospital level, which will have an effect on improving nursing practice for cancer patients.

Keyword

Drug therapy; Cisplatin; Ototoxicity; Health knowledge; Attitudes; Practice