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Does Attendance at a Sickle Cell Educational Conference Improve Clinician Knowledge and Attitude Toward Patients with Sickle Cell Disease?

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Jenerette, CM; Brewer, CA; Silva, S; Tanabe, P
Published in: Pain management nursing : official journal of the American Society of Pain Management Nurses
June 2016

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 < .001) and significantly increased between T1-T2 (p < .0001) and T1-T3 (p = .01). Negative attitudes trended lower over the three time points (p = .07), but a significant decrease in the negative attitudes score was only noted for T1-T3 (Z = -2.16.17, p = .03). Attendance at an educational SCD conference was an effective means to improve knowledge and decrease negative attitudes among clinicians. These differences were maintained at 2 months postconference.

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Published In

Pain management nursing : official journal of the American Society of Pain Management Nurses

DOI

EISSN

1532-8635

ISSN

1524-9042

Publication Date

June 2016

Volume

17

Issue

3

Start / End Page

226 / 234

Related Subject Headings

  • Surveys and Questionnaires
  • Prospective Studies
  • Pain
  • Nursing
  • Middle Aged
  • Male
  • Humans
  • Female
  • Congresses as Topic
  • Clinical Competence
 

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Jenerette, C. M., Brewer, C. A., Silva, S., & Tanabe, P. (2016). Does Attendance at a Sickle Cell Educational Conference Improve Clinician Knowledge and Attitude Toward Patients with Sickle Cell Disease? Pain Management Nursing : Official Journal of the American Society of Pain Management Nurses, 17(3), 226–234. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pmn.2016.05.001
Jenerette, Coretta M., Cheryl A. Brewer, Susan Silva, and Paula Tanabe. “Does Attendance at a Sickle Cell Educational Conference Improve Clinician Knowledge and Attitude Toward Patients with Sickle Cell Disease?Pain Management Nursing : Official Journal of the American Society of Pain Management Nurses 17, no. 3 (June 2016): 226–34. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pmn.2016.05.001.
Jenerette CM, Brewer CA, Silva S, Tanabe P. Does Attendance at a Sickle Cell Educational Conference Improve Clinician Knowledge and Attitude Toward Patients with Sickle Cell Disease? Pain management nursing : official journal of the American Society of Pain Management Nurses. 2016 Jun;17(3):226–34.
Jenerette, Coretta M., et al. “Does Attendance at a Sickle Cell Educational Conference Improve Clinician Knowledge and Attitude Toward Patients with Sickle Cell Disease?Pain Management Nursing : Official Journal of the American Society of Pain Management Nurses, vol. 17, no. 3, June 2016, pp. 226–34. Epmc, doi:10.1016/j.pmn.2016.05.001.
Jenerette CM, Brewer CA, Silva S, Tanabe P. Does Attendance at a Sickle Cell Educational Conference Improve Clinician Knowledge and Attitude Toward Patients with Sickle Cell Disease? Pain management nursing : official journal of the American Society of Pain Management Nurses. 2016 Jun;17(3):226–234.
Journal cover image

Published In

Pain management nursing : official journal of the American Society of Pain Management Nurses

DOI

EISSN

1532-8635

ISSN

1524-9042

Publication Date

June 2016

Volume

17

Issue

3

Start / End Page

226 / 234

Related Subject Headings

  • Surveys and Questionnaires
  • Prospective Studies
  • Pain
  • Nursing
  • Middle Aged
  • Male
  • Humans
  • Female
  • Congresses as Topic
  • Clinical Competence