Cancer department nurses’ attitudes and practices in response to the sexual issues of pelvic radiation patients: A survey in Sichuan, China

作者：Lili Huang, Jing Pu, Lihua Liu, Xiaobo Du, Jin Wang, LI Jun-ying, Wenxiu Yao, Xue‐Qiang Zhu, Ru Zhang, Yu Zhao, Mei He · 发表于：Contemporary Nurse · 年份：2013 · DOI：10.5172/conu.2013.43.2.146 · 被引用次数：15 · 研究领域：Health and Wellbeing Research、Cancer survivorship and care

Our aim was to investigate cancer department nurses' attitudes and practices in response to pelvic radiation patients' sexual issues in Sichuan, China. A self-made questionnaire survey was conducted with 150 registered nurses of six hospitals in China. Nurses were asked about their experiences regarding consultation about sexual issues and attitudes toward the sex-related statements of pelvic radiation patients. We analyzed the correlation factors for the attitudes about dealing with patients' sexual issues by using the χ(2)-test. Of the survey sample, 128 nurses (85.33%) responded. Of the respondents, 46.88% had been consulted about sexual issues by patients or families. In addition, 87.5% of the nurses believed that 'reliable information on sexual in pelvic radiotherapy is lacking', and 77.34% reported having 'an interest in undertaking education of knowledge about pelvic radiation patients' sexual issues'; yet only 4.69% had completed professional sexual education about pelvic radiation patients. The hospital type and bed number as well as nurse age and seniority also affected the responses. This study shows that discussing sexuality is still repressed in the patient-nurse relationship, and most nurses' in Chinese cancer departments lack knowledge about pelvic radiation patients' sexual problems.