• Int J Palliat Nurs · Nov 2012

    Barriers to cancer pain management: Jordanian nurses' perspectives.

    • Murad Al Khalaileh and Mohammad Al Qadire.
    • School of Nursing, Al Al-Bayait University, Mafraq, Jordan. m_khalailah@aabu.edu.jo
    • Int J Palliat Nurs. 2012 Nov 1; 18 (11): 535-6, 538-40.

    BackgroundAdequate management of cancer pain is a human right. However, cancer pain is still not well medicated, and some of the barriers to achieving relief are related to nursing. Identifying these barriers would help the development of interventions to improve pain management.AimTo explore barriers to cancer pain management among Jordanian nurses.MethodA convenience sample of 96 nurses from 3 hospitals participated in a cross-sectional survey using an Arabic translation of Ward and colleagues' barriers questionnaire II.ResultsThe nurses expressed high levels of barriers on the questionnaire, with a mean score of 2.5 for the questionnaire as a whole (standard deviation (SD) 0.8).The harmful and physiological effects of medications subscales received the highest mean scores: 2.7 (SD 1.1) and 2.6 (SD 0.9) respectively.ConclusionsMany nursing-related barriers to cancer pain management were found.These barriers need to be addressed and eliminated, for example through education and training.

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