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Table 4 Knowledge and beliefs related to cancer pain management, by institution and by role

From: A survey of cancer care institutions in Nepal to inform design of a pain management mobile application

 

Overall

Public General

Hospital

Public Cancer

Hospital

Private Cancer

Hospital

Hospice

100% (92)

29% (27)

33% (30)

30% (28)

8% (7)

Role

Total

Nurse

Physician

Nurse

Physician

Nurse

Physician

Nurse

Physician

Nurse

%(n)

100%(92)

70%(64)

30% (28)

78% (21)

22% (6)

47% (14)

53% (16)

79% (22)

21% (6)

100% (7)

 

Mean(n)

Mean(n)

Mean(n)

Mean(n)

Mean(n)

Mean(n)

Mean(n)

Mean(n)

Mean(n)

Mean(n)

Opioid Knowledge / Beliefs*

It is my role/my job to manage cancer pain

9.29(92)

9.45(64)

8.93(28)

9.71(21)

9.50(6)

9.29(14)

8.56(16)

9.41(22)

9.33(6)

9.14(7)

Regular morphine use will cause addiction

2.18(91)

1.94(63)

2.71(28)

2.14(21)

3.83(6)

3.62(13)

2.94(16)

0.73(22)

1.00(6)

2.00(7)

Regular morphine use will cause physical dependence

3.64(90)

3.74(62)

3.43(28)

7.32(19)

6(6)

3.79(14)

3.25(16)

0.68(22)

1.33(6)

3.57(7)

Morphine is a beneficial and helpful medication

8.93(83)

8.89(56)

9.00(27)

9.26(19)

9.33(6)

8.67(12)

8.69(16)

8.56(18)

9.6(5)

9.14(7)

Morphine is only appropriate for dying patients

1.03(91)

1.11(63)

0.86(28)

1.15(20)

0.50(6)

1.93(14)

1.25(16)

0.77(22)

0.17(6)

0.43(7)

Morphine commonly causes respiratory depression

2.43(88)

2.77(60)

1.71(28)

1.61(18)

1.33(6)

4.64(14)

2.13(16)

2.57(21)

1.00(6)

2.57(7)

% within column total (n)

Personal feelings about cancer pain**

Cancer pain is unavoidable and cannot be controlled

0%(0)

0%(0)

0%(0)

0%(0)

0%(0)

0%(0)

0%(0)

0%(0)

0%(0)

0%(0)

Cancer pain can be difficult but usually can be controlled

95%(87)

97%(62)

89% (25)

95% (20)

83% (5)

100% (14)

88% (14)

95% (21)

100% (6)

100% (7)

Cancer pain is not a problem for my patients

4% (4)

3% (2)

7% (2)

5% (1)

17% (1)

0%(0)

6% (1)

5% (1)

0%(0)

0%(0)

Other

1% (1)

0%(0)

4% (1)

0%(0)

0%(0)

0%(0)

6% (1)

0%(0)

0%(0)

0%(0)

  1. Bold numbers indicate the difference between nurses and physicians on the question is statistically significant (α = 0.05)
  2. *Comparison of mean agreement scores; 0 = strongly disagree, 10 = strongly agree
  3. **Comparison of percentages and frequencies; for this question, respondents were asked to endorse/select only one response