Cancer Survivorship Care among Oncology Nurses in Korea.
10.5388/aon.2017.17.2.124
- Author:
Hye Sook KIM
1
;
Hye Young JANG
;
Myungsun YI
;
Hye Yeon SEO
Author Information
1. College of Nursing, Graduate School of Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Oncology Nursing;
Neoplasms;
Survivors;
Professional Practice
- MeSH:
Education;
Humans;
Korea*;
Oncology Nursing;
Professional Practice;
Survival Rate*;
Survivors
- From:Asian Oncology Nursing
2017;17(2):124-132
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:Korean
-
Abstract:
PURPOSE: The purpose of this study was to examine the cancer survivorship care practices among oncology nurses in Korea. METHODS: This study was a secondary analysis based on the Korean data from the international service-mapping study for the survivorship care for patients with cancer after treatment completion in the Asia-Pacific Region. The data, collected from 100 Korean nurses who took care of cancer patients, were analyzed using descriptive statistics, t-test, ANOVA, Pearson's correlation analysis, and multiple regression. RESULTS: Statistically significant relationships were found between responsibility and frequency of survivorship care (r=-.20, p=.050), between confidence and frequency of survivorship care (r=.47, p<.001), and between impediments to organization and frequency of survivorship care (r=-.22, p=.027). The frequency of survivorship care was influenced by confidence (β=-.37, p<.001) which explained about 24% of the variance of survivorship care. CONCLUSION: These findings show that development of survivorship care education program for oncology nurses should be considered to increase confidence in survivorship care for oncology nurses.
