Elsa Vitale, Roberto Lupo, Luana Conte, Rocco Mea, Ivan Rubbi, Serena Iacovelli, Giorgio De Nunzio, Raffaella Massafra
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Abstract
Background: Literature is lacking when it comes to oncology nursing attitudes in clinical trial involvement.
Objective: To assess how Italian oncology nurses perceived their attitudes in clinical trials involvement.
Methods: An on-line cohort observational study was carried out. Data collected included: sex, years of work experience in oncology field and 10 items assessing participants' self-perceptions of their attitudes in clinical trials. Linear regression was used to assess associations between work experience and self-perceived preparedness.
Results: A total of 338 Italian oncology nurses were enrolled. Most nurses declared not receiving any specific training in oncology clinical trials (23.1%). No significant associations were reported between self- perceived attitudes in clinical trial involvement in the oncology setting and both work experience and clinical trial involvement.
Conclusions: Cancer centers are improving cancer nursing research in supplying clinical care. But very few centers are involved in training oncology nurses. This gap seems to be very deep in taking into consideration the oncology nursing research in clinical trials, too.
期刊介绍:
Tumori Journal covers all aspects of cancer science and clinical practice with a strong focus on prevention, translational medicine and clinically relevant reports. We invite the publication of randomized trials and reports on large, consecutive patient series that investigate the real impact of new techniques, drugs and devices inday-to-day clinical practice.