Investigation on palliative care cognition of medical workers
10.3760/cma.j.issn.1674-2907.2012.32.013
- VernacularTitle:对医护人员姑息治疗认知程度的调查
- Author:
Yue HU
1
;
Xin-Ru WU
;
Di JIANG
;
Qian HE
;
Fu-Rong ZHAO
;
Qiao-Ling XU
Author Information
1. 第四军医大学护理学院
- Keywords:
Palliative care;
Doctor;
Nurse;
Cognition
- From:
Chinese Journal of Modern Nursing
2012;18(32):3888-3890
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
Objective To investigate the palliative care cognition of medical workers and provide evidence for medical worker' s vocational education and treatment of patients with end-stage.Methods 280medical workers from seven different hospitals in five provinces were surveyed with self-designed questionnaire of their palliative care cognition from January to March 2011.Results 280 questionnaires were handed out and 269 were recovered,with the recovery rate of 96.1％.The palliative care cognition of medical workers was affected by work type,age,working years,and working departments.Doctors and medical workers with age between 36 and 45 years old and working years more than 10 years had higher palliative care cognition,and the scores were respectively (25.81 ± 5.51),(26.88 ± 4.40) and (26.23 ± 4.92).Nurses,medical workers with age under 25 years old,working years less than 5 years and in surgical department had lower palliative care cognition,and the scores were respectively (22.25 ± 6.31),(23.68 ± 6.56),(23.57 ± 5.78),(22.55 ± 6.49).The differences were statistically significant (F =6.989,3.961,5.877,2.677,respectively; P ＜0.01).Conclusions Education of palliative care for medical workers,especially for nurses,is needed to provide high quality medical service for patients.
