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Asian Oncol Nurs. 2017 Jun;17(2):124-132. Korean.
Published online June 30, 2017.  https://doi.org/10.5388/aon.2017.17.2.124
© 2017 Korean Oncology Nursing Society
Cancer Survivorship Care among Oncology Nurses in Korea
Hye Sook Kim,1 Hye-Young Jang,2 Myungsun Yi,3 and Hye Yeon Seo1
1College of Nursing, Graduate School of Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea.
2College of Nursing, Hanyang University, Seoul, Korea.
3College of Nursing & Research Institute of Nursing Science, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea.

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Received March 04, 2017; Revised March 30, 2017; Accepted April 20, 2017.

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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.

Keywords: Oncology Nursing; Neoplasms; Survivors; Professional Practice

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Table 1
Difference in Frequency of Providing Survivorship Care by Demographic and Work-related Characteristics (N=100)
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Table 2
Perception of Responsibility, Confidence, Frequency, and Impedes (N=100)
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Table 3
Impeding Factors for Quality Survivorship Care Provision (N=100)
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Table 4
Correlation among Responsibility, Confidence, Impedes, and Frequency (N=100)
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Table 5
Factors Influencing Frequency of Survivorship Care (N=100)
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