title: Nurse Attitude-Related Barriers to Effective Control of Cancer Pain among Iranian Nurses.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Many cancer patients still experience pain worldwide. There are many barriers for effective control of cancer pain and many of these are related to health care providers. There is a need for further investigation of these barriers. The aim of this study was to investigate nurse-related barriers to control of cancer pain among Iranian nurses.
  
  
  METHODS
  In this descriptive study 49 nurses from two hospitals affiliated to Tabriz and Ardebil Universities of Medical Sciences participated using a census sampling method. A demographic and profession related checklist and Barriers Questionnaire II (BQ-II) were used for data collection.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The results showed negative attitudes of participants regarding control of cancer pain. Participants believed that cancer pain medications do not manage cancer pain at acceptable levels; patients may become addicted by using these drugs; cancer pain medications have many uncontrollable effects; and controlling cancer pain may distract the physicians from treating disease.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Iranian nurses have negative attitudes toward pain control in cancer patients especially about effectiveness of pain medication and their side effects. Educational intervention to reduce these misconceptions is needed.
authors.affiliation: Medical-Surgical Department, Nursing and Midwifery Faculty, Tabriz University of Medical Sciences, Tabriz, Iran E-mail : azad.rahmani@yahoo.com.
authors.forename: Name
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Name
authors.forename: Robab
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Mohamadian
authors.forename: Azad
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rahmani
authors.forename: Hussein
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Fizollah-Zadeh
authors.forename: Franak
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Jabarzadeh
authors.forename: Arman
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Azadi
authors.forename: Hussein
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Rostami
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D000072716:Cancer Pain / Q000209:etiology / Q000451:nursing* / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000523:psychology*; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000150:complications* / Q000451:nursing; D009726:Nurses / Q000523:psychology*; D059408:Pain Management / Q000523:psychology*; D010865:Pilot Projects; D011379:Prognosis; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires