Nurses' perceptions of depression in patients with cancer
| Autor: | Marilène Filbet, Tanguy Leprince, Anne Chirac, Jean-Louis Terra, Wadih Rhondali |
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| Rok vydání: | 2014 |
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Male medicine.medical_specialty Palliative care Attitude of Health Personnel Nurses Neoplasms Surveys and Questionnaires Thoracic Oncology Humans Medicine In patient General knowledge Psychiatry General Nursing Depression (differential diagnoses) Depression business.industry Palliative Care Cancer General Medicine Middle Aged medicine.disease Psychiatry and Mental health Clinical Psychology Nurses perceptions Female Perception business Management of depression |
| Zdroj: | Palliative and Supportive Care. 13:849-858 |
| ISSN: | 1478-9523 1478-9515 |
| DOI: | 10.1017/s1478951514000741 |
| Popis: | Objective:Our study aimed at examining nurses' perceptions of depression in cancer patients and their role in its management.Method:We employed questionnaire-based semi-directed interviews. Participants were asked to classify 22 symptoms (related and specific to depression in cancer patients, related but not specific, and unrelated) as “very important,” “important,” “less important,” or “not important” for the diagnosis of depression in cancer patients at two different timepoints (baseline and after a video education program). They were also asked to complete a questionnaire exploring their perceptions about depression and of their role in its systematic screening. We recruited nurses caring for cancer patients from four different departments (palliative care unit, hematology, medical oncology, and thoracic oncology) at an academic medical center.Results:We interviewed 18 nurses and found that they had a good general knowledge of depression in cancer patients, with the majority of them being able to distinguish specific and important symptoms from nonspecific symptoms. Some nurses considered depression as a second-line symptom, and most did not employ a screening tool in their daily practice. All considered that they had a role to play in the management of depression, even as they acknowledged lacking specific training for that task.Significance of results:Our results suggest that limited resources—especially lack of training—affects nurses' ability to correctly manage depression in their cancer patients. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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