Knowledge and Attitude of Nurses About Palliative Care

Parveen, Asia; Sultana, Khawer; Waqas, Ali; Tasneem, Sidra; Jabeen, Robina; Faiz, Ayesha; Faiz, Abu ul Hassan

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“…In this systematic review and meta-analysis, the pooled prevalence of the level of nurses' knowledge about palliative care in Ethiopia was 45.57% (95% CI: 35.27–55.87). This finding is almost similar to those in studies conducted in Pakistan (43.5%) [ 11 ], Greece (44.5%) [ 9 ], South Korea (48.3%) [ 29 ], Mongolia (40%) [ 10 ], Iran (39.3%) [ 3 ], Manipur (38%) [ 30 ], Saudi Arabia (36.5%) [ 31 ], India (38%) [ 2 ], Sudan (50.9%) [ 32 ], Spain (54%) [ 33 ], and South Iran (37.95%) [ 34 ]. Conversely, it is higher than those in studies done in Udupi district, India (20.5%) [ 35 ], Palestine (20.8%) [ 36 ], and Guwahati city, India (21%) [ 37 ].…”

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“…However, a lack of nurses' knowledge regarding palliative care, which might be a lack of education in pain and symptom management and communication about goals of care, can result in a suboptimal and high cost of care [ 7 ]. Different studies revealed that the nurses' level of knowledge about palliative care was 44.5% in New York [ 8 ], 44.5% in Greece [ 9 ], 40% in Mongolia [ 10 ], and 43.5% in Pakistan [ 11 ], which was below the standards of the board [ 12 ]. As previous studies showed, lack of palliative care education, not participating in important aspects of health care, lack of experience, lack of proper training, few specialization units, and poor arrangement of a career ladder for nurses were found to be contributing factors for the poor knowledge of nurses about palliative care [ 8 , 10 , 12 , 13 ].…”

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Knowledge on Palliative Care and Associated Factors among Nurses in Ethiopia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Getie

Wondmieneh

Bimerew

et al. 2021

Pain Research and Management

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Background. Palliative care is a multidisciplinary team-based care for patients facing life-threatening illness and their families which addresses their physical, psychological, social, and spiritual needs to improve the quality of care. There is a strategy for an increase in palliative care services by integrating with the healthcare system. Therefore, this systematic review and meta-analysis was aimed to assess the overall pooled prevalence of nurses’ knowledge towards palliative care in Ethiopia. Method. PubMed/MEDLINE, HINARI, EMBASE, Scopus, Google Scholar, and African Journals OnLine (AJOL) were the databases used to search for articles. Cochrane I2 statistics and Egger’s test were done to check heterogeneity and publication bias, respectively. Subgroup analysis by region, study period, and sample size was done due to the presence of heterogeneity. Sensitivity analysis was also done to detect the presence or absence of an influential study. Result. Nine studies with a total of 2709 study participants were included in the final analysis. The overall pooled prevalence of nurses’ knowledge towards palliative care was 45.57% (95% CI: 35.27–55.87). Educational status and palliative care training were significantly associated factors with the level of nurses’ knowledge towards palliative care. B.S. degree holder nurses (AOR = 3.01; 95% CI: 1.50–6.02) and nurses who had palliative care training (AOR = 4.64; 95% CI: 2.37–9.08) were found to be significantly associated factors with the nurses’ level of knowledge. Conclusion. More than half of nurses had poor knowledge of palliative care. Educational status of nurses and palliative care training were significantly associated factors with the nurses’ level of knowledge about palliative care. Therefore, palliative care training and improving nurses’ careers through continuous professional development should be focused on regularly to improve nurses’ knowledge about palliative care.

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Knowledge on Palliative Care and Associated Factors among Nurses in Ethiopia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Getie

Wondmieneh

Bimerew

et al. 2021

Pain Research and Management

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“…The attitude towards the principles of palliative care was at the highest level, and the attitude towards family participation in providing palliative care was at the lowest level. Consistent with the results obtained by Kim et al [20], Parveen et al [21], and Zeru et al [22], despite the participants' low level of knowledge of palliative care, the attitude is at a moderate and acceptable level [23].…”

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confidence: 88%

“…In the present study, female gender was mentioned as a predictor of the variable of attitude. Although no study has found a relationship between gender and knowledge of and attitudes towards palliative care [20,21,24,30,31,33], female caregivers appear to be more inclined to provide palliative care and end-of-life care. Gender affects the quality of this type of care [34].…”

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Factors Related to Nurses and Physicians’ Knowledge of and Attitudes Towards Palliative Care

Ashrafizadeh

Mojen

Barasteh

et al. 2021

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Background With the increase of the elderly population, the need for palliative care has increased, which is one of the requirements of effective palliative care services, sufficient knowledge and positive attitude of nurses and physicians towards this care approach. The aim of this study was to determine the factors related to the knowledge and attitudes of nurses and physicians about palliative care. Methods This descriptive correlational study was performed in 2021 on 277 nurses and physicians working in selected teaching hospitals in Iran who were selected by convenience sampling method. The data collection tool was an online and researcher-made questionnaire consisting of three sections: demographics and occupation, knowledge (30 items) and attitude (37 items) that were designed and validated in the present study. To analyze the data, spss-v24 software was used for descriptive statistics tests (means and frequency tables) and inferential tests (correlation and univariate regression). Results The mean scores of knowledge and attitude of care providers were 19.36 ± 2.73 and 140.90 11 11.56, respectively. There was a positive relationship between knowledge and attitude variables (P-value = 0.000, r = 0.378). Meaning of relationship between the mean score of attitude and knowledge with age ranges of 31-60 and 60-51 years, level of education, workplace, work experience in palliative care, need for formal education in palliative care and need to pass palliative care course there was. Conclusion Based on the results of this study, the level of knowledge and attitude of palliative care providers was moderate. Therefore, in order to further promote the knowledge and attitude of nurses and physicians, it is recommended to hold theoretical and practical training courses in the form of skill and retraining courses, reviewing the curricula of general medicine and bachelor's degree in nursing.

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“…Palliative care is an approach to pain management of patients facing a severe illness that enhances the patient's quality of life. It includes any form of medical and nursing care which is planned to decrease the intensity of symptoms (2). Palliative care signi cantly improves the distressing symptoms of patients, especially those with cancer, heart disease, renal disease, and liver disease (3).…”

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Nurse’s Attitude Towards Palliative Care and Associated Factors in Ethiopia: a Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

Getie¹,

Wondmieneh²,

Bimerew³

et al. 2021

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Background: Palliative care significantly improves the distressing symptoms of patients, especially those with cancer, heart disease, renal disease, and liver disease, and its need is increasing worldwide due to the growing burden of chronic disease. Nurses with an unfavorable attitude towards palliative care cannot skilfully assess the patient's needs, effective communication, and adequately address the patient's problems. Thus, this study was amid to assess the nurse’s level of attitude towards palliative care in Ethiopia.Method: PubMed/MEDLINE, HINARI, EMBASE, Scopus, Google Scholar, and African Journals Online (AJOL) were the databases used to search for articles. Cochrane I2 statistics and Eggers test was done to check heterogeneity and publication bias, respectively. Subgroup analysis and sensitivity analysis were also done to detect the source of heterogeneity and an influential study, respectively. Result: The pooled prevalence of nurse’s attitudes towards palliative care was 67.15% (95% CI: 54.75-79.54. Palliative care training was a significantly associated factor with the level of nurse’s attitude towards palliative care. Accordingly, nurses who have taken palliative care training (AOR=2.53; 95% CI; 1.88-3.40) was found a significantly associated factor with the level of nurse’s attitude towards palliative care.Conclusion: More than half of the nurses had a favorable attitude towards palliative care. Palliative care training was a significantly associated factor with the nurse’s level of attitude towards palliative care. Thus, palliative care training and improving nurse’s careers through continuous professional development should be given regularly for nurses to improve their knowledge about palliative care.

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Knowledge and Attitude of Nurses About Palliative Care

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Knowledge on Palliative Care and Associated Factors among Nurses in Ethiopia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Knowledge on Palliative Care and Associated Factors among Nurses in Ethiopia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Factors Related to Nurses and Physicians’ Knowledge of and Attitudes Towards Palliative Care

Nurse’s Attitude Towards Palliative Care and Associated Factors in Ethiopia: a Systematic Review and Meta-analysis

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