Abstract
This study investigated providing nursing care for prostate cancer patients' sexuality, and sought to clarify the awareness of nurses with experience providing such care. A self administered questionnaire was sent to 996 nurses working on urological wards at 49 hospitals that handled many surgical cases of prostate cancer. Responses from 548 nurses were analyzed. It was found that 24.5% of nurses had experience providing nursing care for patients' sexuality at the first step of the PLISSIT (permission giving, limited information,specific suggestion, intensive therapy) model. These nurses were characterized by 1) having knowledge about treatment for prostate cancer and sexual dysfunction, 2) perceiving that other nurses were providing nursing care for patients' sexuality, and 3) having little difficulty talking about sexuality with prostate cancer patients.
