| 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) |