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Abstract
Background : Cancer pain occur at any time in the disease’s progression. Despite the fact that developing adequate pain control is a top priority for cancer patients. Many barriers to undertreatment exist among professionals, which might have an impact on successful pain management. Aim : Assess nurses’ attitude, practices, and barriers towards pain management of elderly patients with cancer. Method : A descriptive correlational research design was used. The study was carried out at medical, surgical, and haematological departments in Oncology Center Mansoura University. A convenience sample of 122 nurses were recruited in this study, four tools were used to collect data: Nurses’ structured interview schedule, nurses’ attitude toward pain management interview schedule, nurses’ practices interview schedule regarding cancer pain management and nurses’ barriers for cancer pain management interview schedule. Results : Majority of studied nurses (82.8%) had positive attitude toward pain management, 91% of them had poor practices regarding cancer pain management and 60.7% of studied nurses had little barriers toward pain management of elderly patients with cancer. Conclusion : Nurses’ have positive attitude and poor practices regarding pain management of elderly patients with cancer. The main barriers to effective cancer pain management were inadequate knowledge about pain management and opioids. Recommendation : Developing standard guidelines for pain management for oncology hospital staff nurses.