Nurse's Perception of Cancer Treatment during Pregnancy

Hae Won Kim; Eun Ju Lee; Seo Yun Kim; Young Jin Lee; Hye Young Ahn

doi:10.5388/aon.2019.19.1.27

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Kim, Lee, Kim, Lee, and Ahn: Nurse's Perception of Cancer Treatment during Pregnancy

Original Article

Asian Oncology Nursing 2019; 19(1): 27-36.

Published online: 31 March 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5388/aon.2019.19.1.27

Nurse's Perception of Cancer Treatment during Pregnancy

Hae Won Kim^1,²

, Eun Ju Lee²

, Seo Yun Kim¹

, Young Jin Lee¹

, Hye Young Ahn³

¹College of Nursing, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea.

²The Research Institute of Nursing Science, Seoul National University, Seoul, Korea.

³College of Nursing, Eulji University, Daejon, Korea.

Address reprint requests to: Lee, Eun Ju. The Research Institute of Nursing Science, Seoul National University, 103 Daehak-ro, Jongno-gu, Seoul 03080, Korea. Tel: +82-2-740-8465, Fax: + 82-2-740-8465, ariggari@snu.ac.kr

Received 23 November 2018 Revised 28 December 2018 Accepted 14 February 2019

Korean Oncology Nursing Society

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Abstract

Purpose

The purpose of this study is to identify the nurses' perceptions of the anticipated problems (including concern, anxiety etc.) of pregnant women that are diagnosed or treated with cancer using the Korean version of the Cancer and Pregnancy Questionnaire (CPQ) tool.

Methods

Data were collected from 475 clinical nurses working in hospitals using a questionnaire that included 40 items (consisting of 5 subscales) of the Korean version of the CPQ and 2 items of nursing confidence. The collected data were analyzed using SPSS 25.0. The characteristics of the nurses were calculated as a percentage and mean with standard deviations. Pearson's correlation was used to analyze the correlation between the sub-domains of the Korean CPQ tool and the characteristics of the nurse.

Results

Nurses were most concerned about child health, cancer, and treatment of the women receiving cancer treatment during pregnancy; cancer treatment may be harmful to unborn child (6.20±1.00), will have a physical abnormality (6.08±1.06), have brain damaged or mental disability (6.07±1.04) and the extent of the physical exhaustion (6.12±0.88).

Conclusion

Nurses need a more accurate understanding of the anxiety and stress of women about birth results and outcomes due to cancer treatment during pregnancy. They should be prepared to develop confidence in treatment for these patients.

Keywords: Neoplasms, Pregnancy, Pregnant Women, Nurses, Patient Care

Figures and Tables

Table 1

Socio-demographic Characteristics of the Subjects and Nursing Confidence to Care for Cancer Patients (N=475)

ICU= Intensive care unit.

Table 2

Subscales and items of the Cancer and Pregnancy Questionnaire (N=475)

Note. Missing values excluded; ^*22 reversed item: summing the scores on all items after recoding reversed items when calculating the subtotal score.

Table 3

The Differences in Subscales by Socio-demographic Characteristics and Relationships among Subscales, Socio-demographic and Nursing Confidence (N=475)

Note. Missing values excluded; ^*Welch test.

ACKNOWLEGEMENTS

We would like to thank Frederic Amant and Tineke Vandenbroucke (Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University Hospitals Leuven, Department of Oncology, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium).

Notes

This research was supported by Basic Science Research Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) funded by the Ministry of Science, ICT & Future Planning [grant number: 2015-R1-A1-A3A0-4001267/2018R1A2B2-001231].

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Hae Won Kim
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6730-1575

Eun Ju Lee
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3885-2191

Seo Yun Kim
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5514-9828

Young Jin Lee
https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2471-0325

Hye Young Ahn
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5353-671X

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