Nurses' attitudes toward addressing sexual health in their professional practice within cancer care: a Danish cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

To investigate Danish nurses specializing in cancer care in terms of their attitudes toward addressing sexual health in their professional practice.

Methods

A nationwide cross-sectional survey was conducted in June-August 2024 among Danish registered nurses working in cancer care. The validated Health Professionals' Attitudes Towards Addressing Sexual Health (PA-SH-D) questionnaire was used to assess attitudes across four domains: comfort, patient encounters, colleagues, and education. Data was analyzed using descriptive statistics and linear regression.

Results

A total of 538 nurses completed the survey. Most respondents were female (97.6%) with a mean age of 45.9 years and an average seniority of 18.8 years. The nurses felt comfortable, to some extent, about

SUBMITTER: Mortensen LB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12521267 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature