Effects of a Web Based Education Programme About Sexuality Aimed at Nurses That Care for Patients With Cancer

Neoplasms Clinical Trial

Official title:

Effects of a Web Based Education Programme About Sexuality Aimed at Nurses That Care for Patients With Cancer (Sex-Can WebEd Nurse)

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Enrolling by invitation

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT05573503
• Other study ID #: SexCanWebEdNurse
• Status: Enrolling by invitation
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: October 14, 2022
• Est. completion date: March 31, 2024

Study information

• Verified date: March 2023
• Source: Karlstad University
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of the SexCan - WebEd Nurse study is to evaluate the effect of a five week online university course, "Bring it up - Assessment and support of patients' sexuality in cancer nursing", aimed at cancer nurses, on occupational self-efficacy and attitudes towards addressing sexuality with patients.

Description:

Cancer nurses attending the course will be recruited. Effects will be used with a pre-post design at two occasions or until we reach 15 participants. Survey data will be collected at baseline and two times post the course. Qualitative interviews with participants will also be performed as well as observational data from the seminars in the course. The participants' ward managers will also be invited to qualitative interviews considering how to implement the nurses' new knowledge clinically.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Enrolling by invitation
• Enrollment: 18
• Est. completion date: March 31, 2024
• Est. primary completion date: March 31, 2024
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Registered nurses working as a contact nurses in cancer care who are admitted to the intervention university course.

Exclusion Criteria:

• N/A.

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Neoplasms
• Nurse-Patient Relations
• Sexuality

Intervention

Other:
• Bring it up - Assessment and support of patients' sexuality in cancer nursing
Participants will attend a five week online university course, "Bring it up - Assessment and support of patients' sexuality in cancer nursing". The course addresses theories and models about sexuality in relation to cancer illness, conversation techniques, models for addressing sensitive topics, methods for assessing the impact of cancer on sexuality, methods for preventing and treating sexual problems in relation to cancer, relevant nursing interventions for person-centred counselling about sexuality, and ethical aspects. The teaching consists of literature, online lectures, seminars, clinical practice, and written exams. A university certificate will be issued to participants who pass all exams.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Sweden	Karlstad University	Karlstad	Värmland

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Karlstad University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Sweden, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Change in Occupational Self-Efficacy (from baseline to 5 weeks post finished intervention)	Measured with the "Short Occupational Self-Efficacy Scale". This instrument ranges from 6 to 36 points, where higher values indicate a higher grade of self-efficacy.	At baseline and then 5 weeks post finished intervention.
Primary	Change in Occupational Self-Efficacy (from baseline to 19 weeks post finished intervention)	Measured with the "Short Occupational Self-Efficacy Scale"	At baseline and then 19 weeks post finished intervention.
Primary	Change in Attitudes towards addressing sexuality (from baseline to 5 weeks post finished intervention)	Measured with the "Sexual Health - Extended Version - Swedish (PASH-Ext-S)". The instrument ranges from 27 to 135 points. Higher values indicate a higher degree of positive attitudes to addressing sexuality.	At baseline and then 5 weeks post finished intervention.
Primary	Change in Attitudes towards addressing sexuality (from baseline to 19 weeks post finished intervention)	Measured with the "Sexual Health - Extended Version - Swedish (PASH-Ext-S)"	At baseline and then 19 weeks post finished intervention.
Secondary	Change in Knowledge about the influence of cancer on sexuality (from baseline to 5 weeks post finished intervention)	Study specific questionnaire	At baseline and then 5 post finished intervention.
Secondary	Change in Knowledge about the influence of cancer on sexuality (from baseline to 19 weeks post finished intervention)	Study specific questionnaire	At baseline and then 19 weeks post finished intervention.
Secondary	Change in Number of conversations with patients relating to sexuality (from baseline to 5 weeks post finished intervention)		At baseline and then 5 weeks post finished intervention.
Secondary	Change in Number of conversations with patients relating to sexuality (from baseline to 5 weeks post finished intervention)		At baseline and then 19 weeks post finished intervention.