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

• Sponsor: Karlstad University (Other)
• Overall Status: Not yet recruiting
• CT.gov ID: NCT05573503
• Collaborator: (none)
• Enrollment: 18
• Arm: 1
• Anticipated Duration (Months): 5.5

Study Details

Study Description

Brief 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.

Condition or Disease	Intervention/Treatment	Phase
Neoplasms; Nurse-Patient Relations; Sexuality	Other: Bring it up - Assessment and support of patients' sexuality in cancer nursing	N/A

Detailed 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.

Study Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Anticipated Enrollment: 18 participants
• Allocation: N/A
• Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
• Masking: None (Open Label)
• Primary Purpose: Health Services Research
• Official Title: Effects of a Web Based Education Programme About Sexuality Aimed at Nurses That Care for Patients With Cancer (Sex-Can WebEd Nurse)
• Anticipated Study Start Date: Oct 14, 2022
• Anticipated Primary Completion Date: Mar 31, 2023
• Anticipated Study Completion Date: Mar 31, 2023

Arms and Interventions

Arm

Intervention/Treatment

Experimental: Intervention Participants complete baseline assessments and are then assigned the 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.

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

1. Change in Occupational Self-Efficacy (from baseline to 5 weeks post finished intervention) [At baseline and then 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.

2. Change in Occupational Self-Efficacy (from baseline to 19 weeks post finished intervention) [At baseline and then 19 weeks post finished intervention.]

   Measured with the "Short Occupational Self-Efficacy Scale"

3. Change in Attitudes towards addressing sexuality (from baseline to 5 weeks post finished intervention) [At baseline and then 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.

4. Change in Attitudes towards addressing sexuality (from baseline to 19 weeks post finished intervention) [At baseline and then 19 weeks post finished intervention.]

   Measured with the "Sexual Health - Extended Version - Swedish (PASH-Ext-S)"

Secondary Outcome Measures

1. Change in Knowledge about the influence of cancer on sexuality (from baseline to 5 weeks post finished intervention) [At baseline and then 5 post finished intervention.]

   Study specific questionnaire

2. Change in Knowledge about the influence of cancer on sexuality (from baseline to 19 weeks post finished intervention) [At baseline and then 19 weeks post finished intervention.]

   Study specific questionnaire

3. 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.]

4. 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.]

Eligibility Criteria

Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 18 Years and Older
• Sexes Eligible for Study: All
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Inclusion Criteria:

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

Exclusion Criteria:

• N/A.

Contacts and Locations

Locations

No locations specified.

Sponsors and Collaborators

• Karlstad University

Investigators

• Principal Investigator: Cecilia Olsson, PhD, Karlstad University

Study Documents (Full-Text)

None provided.

More Information

Publications

None provided.

• Responsible Party: Cecilia Olsson, PhD, Senior lecturer, associate professor, Karlstad University
• ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT05573503
• Other Study ID Numbers: SexCanWebEdNurse
• First Posted: Oct 10, 2022
• Last Update Posted: Oct 10, 2022
• Last Verified: Oct 1, 2022

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product: No
• Keywords provided by Cecilia Olsson, PhD, Senior lecturer, associate professor, Karlstad University: web based education; cancer nurses

Study Results

No Results Posted as of Oct 10, 2022