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@ARTICLE{Wagner:300315,
author = {A. S. Wagner and M. Milzer$^*$ and M. Schmidt$^*$ and S.
Kiermeier and I. Maatouk and K. Steindorf$^*$},
title = {{N}urses' {K}nowledge of {C}ancer-{R}elated {F}atigue and
the {C}overage of {T}his {S}ubject in {N}ursing {T}raining:
{A} {C}ross-{S}ectional {S}tudy.},
journal = {Journal of nursing research},
volume = {33},
number = {2},
issn = {1682-3141},
address = {[Erscheinungsort nicht ermittelbar]},
publisher = {Wolters Kluwer Lippincott Williams $\&$ Wilkins},
reportid = {DKFZ-2025-00761},
pages = {e379},
year = {2025},
note = {#LA:C110#},
abstract = {Although cancer-related fatigue has a major impact on daily
functioning and quality of life of patients, it remains
underestimated in cancer care. Nurses play a significant
role in multidisciplinary approaches to fatigue care.This
study was designed to investigate knowledge and attitudes
among nurses regarding cancer-related fatigue and its
management in daily clinical practice and training to
suggest future actions for improvement.A cross-sectional
design and an online questionnaire were used to assess
nurses' perceived knowledge and self-efficacy, knowledge of
guidelines and treatment options, and related coverage in
education and training and to suggest how to improve
training. The link to the study survey was distributed to
cancer nurses working in Germany via mailing lists of
randomly selected hospitals and rehabilitation centers,
professional nursing associations, and social media. Data
were analyzed descriptively as well as using the
Mann-Whitney U test. Logistic regression analyses were
conducted to identify variables linked to fatigue-related
knowledge.Nurses participating in the study were mainly
working in certified cancer care institutions $(70.1\%).$
More than one-third of the 184 participants felt rather
poorly or very poorly informed and reported low
self-efficacy in counseling. Although working in certified
institutions was found to increase the likelihood of
accurately recalling the fatigue-related guidelines (OR =
6.24, $95\%$ CI = [1.71, 22.74], p < .01), few of the
participants in this study knew any. Despite this, the
majority was aware of the empirical evidence supporting
physical activity $(92.4\%),$ yoga $(79.9\%),$
psychotherapeutic interventions $(76.7\%),$
mindfulness-based interventions $(69\%),$ and exercise
$(60.3\%).$ Recommendation rates were heterogeneous. Those
participants working in certified institutions were more
likely to know about the empirical evidence related to
exercise (OR = 3.03, $95\%$ CI = [1.49, 6.18], p < .01),
which was positively associated with both recommending
exercise and self-assessing one's subjective knowledge as
high. Cancer-related fatigue is addressed minimally in basic
nursing training and moderately $(30.4\%)$ to
comprehensively $(29.9\%)$ in advanced nursing training. The
participants suggested various strategies to improve related
training.Most of the participants work in certified
institutions but lack guidelines-related knowledge.
Nevertheless, the participants had a fairly good awareness
of interventions effective in reducing fatigue. However,
awareness of the empirical evidence for exercise as one of
the most promising treatment options was relatively low.
Based on these findings, guidelines-oriented training is
needed to strengthen related knowledge, particularly
regarding self-efficacy in counseling in nurses. Awareness
of this frequent sequelae should be raised early during
basic nursing training and be covered comprehensively in
advanced oncology nursing training. In general, the role of
nurses within multidisciplinary teams in fatigue care needs
to be determined to enable effective collaboration.},
keywords = {Humans / Cross-Sectional Studies / Female / Male /
Neoplasms: complications / Neoplasms: nursing / Neoplasms:
psychology / Adult / Fatigue: etiology / Surveys and
Questionnaires / Middle Aged / Germany / Health Knowledge,
Attitudes, Practice},
cin = {C110},
ddc = {610},
cid = {I:(DE-He78)C110-20160331},
pnm = {313 - Krebsrisikofaktoren und Prävention (POF4-313)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF4-313},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
pubmed = {pmid:40162696},
doi = {10.1097/jnr.0000000000000666},
url = {https://inrepo02.dkfz.de/record/300315},
}