Clinical trial · Interventional
Educational Intervention Targeting Nurses Attitudes and Knowledge About Cancer-related Pain Management
A Theory Based Educational Intervention Targeting Nurses Attitudes and Knowledge Concerning Cancer-related Pain Management: A Study Protocol of a Quasi-experimental Study Design
- Source
- ClinicalTrials.gov
- Retrieved
- Sep 8, 2026
- Layer
- normalized (units and labels harmonized; values unchanged)
- Run
- ING-CLINICALTRIALS-20260908-000001
Summary
Brief summary (as posted)
The purpose of this study is to investigate whether an intervention consisting of the implementation of guidelines about daily systematic pain assessment following a theory based education, targeting cancer-related pain and pain treatment, lead to a significantly positive improvement in RNs knowledge of, and attitudes towards their pain management. Furthermore will the interventions targeting the RNs influence the admitted patient's perception of their cancer-related pain?
Conditions
Conditions (1)
Free-text conditions as registered, with the CancerIndex entity they were reconciled to and the match type.
| Condition (as posted) | Mapped entity | Match | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Neoplasms | Neoplasm | ONTOLOGY_EXACT | 0.90 |
Interventions
Interventions (1)
| Intervention | Type | Mapped drug | Match |
|---|---|---|---|
| Education | Behavioral | — | UNRESOLVED |
Design
Arms and outcomes
Arms (2)
- type
- EXPERIMENTAL
- label
- Education
- description
- Educational theory based intervention and systematic daily pain assessment
- interventionNames
- Behavioral: Education
- type
- NO_INTERVENTION
- label
- Control
- description
- Control group with care as usual
Primary outcomes (1)
- measure
- Change from baseline of the total score of Knowledge and Attitudes Survey Regarding Pain
- timeFrame
- Measurement will occur at first session of the educational intervention and 2 and 6 weeks after
- description
- Nurses attitude and knowledge as measured by a modified version of the instrument: Knowledge and Attitudes Survey Regarding Pain
Eligibility
Eligibility (as posted)
- Sex
- All
- Minimum age
- 18 Years
Show eligibility criteria text
Inclusion Criteria: * Cancer diagnosis * Aged 18 years and above * Cognitively intact and able to verbally communicate * At admission pain intensity \>1 on Visual Analogue Scale (VAS) Exclusion Criteria: * Trauma or planned and/or acute surgery.
References
Publications (2)
- DERIVEDGustafsson M, Borglin G. Can a theory-based educational intervention change nurses' knowledge and attitudes concerning cancer pain management? A quasi-experimental design. BMC Health Serv Res. 2013 Aug 19;13:328. doi: 10.1186/1472-6963-13-328. PMID 23958335
- DERIVEDBorglin G, Gustafsson M, Krona H. A theory-based educational intervention targeting nurses' attitudes and knowledge concerning cancer-related pain management: a study protocol of a quasi-experimental design. BMC Health Serv Res. 2011 Sep 23;11:233. doi: 10.1186/1472-6963-11-233. PMID 21942991