| Titre : | Does Attendance at a Sickle Cell Educational Conference Improve Clinician Knowledge and Attitude Toward Patients with Sickle Cell Disease? (2016) |
| Auteurs : | Coretta Melissa Jenerette ; Cheryl A. Brewer ; Susan Silva ; et al. |
| Type de document : | Article |
| Dans : | Pain Management Nursing (Vol. 17, n°3, June 2016) |
| Article en page(s) : | p. 226-234 |
| Langues: | Anglais |
| Descripteurs : |
HE Vinci Compétence ; Connaissances, attitudes et pratiques en santé ; Drépanocytose ; Interdisciplinarité ; Personnel de santé |
| Mots-clés: | Conférence |
| Résumé : | Sickle cell disease (SCD) is a genetic disease associated with both chronic pain and acute painful events referred to as vaso-occlusive crises. Individuals with SCD suffer from a multitude of medical complications in addition to pain. Patients often are stigmatized as “drug-seeking” and receive inadequate pain management. The purpose of this study was to compare clinicians' SCD knowledge and attitudes toward patients with SCD before attending a 2-day conference on SCD (T1) with knowledge and attitudes immediately postconference (T2) and 2 months postconference (T3). A prospective, descriptive survey design was used. The authors administered surveys to assess SCD knowledge and clinicians' attitudes toward patients with SCD at three time points: T1 (N = 59), T2 (N = 38), and T3 (N = 30). SCD knowledge was measured using a 20-item survey, and clinicians’ attitudes toward patients with SCD were measured with the General Perceptions About Sickle Cell Patients Scale, which included items on four independent subscales: positive attitudes, negative attitudes, concern-raising behaviors, and red-flag behaviors. The authors compared changes in knowledge and attitude scores between T1-T2 and T1-T3. Overall, knowledge scores were significantly improved (p |
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