Impact of a Palliative Care Education Program on Korean Hospice Volunteers: Motivation, Death Anxiety, and Communication with the Dying.
10.14475/kjhpc.2018.21.2.58
- Author:
Hee Young WOO
1
;
Young Ran YEUN
Author Information
1. Department of Nursing, Hallym Polytechnic University, Chuncheon, Korea.
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
Hospices;
Volunteers;
Motivation;
Anxiety;
Communication
- MeSH:
Anxiety*;
Education*;
Hospices*;
Motivation*;
Palliative Care*;
Volunteers*
- From:Korean Journal of Hospice and Palliative Care
2018;21(2):58-64
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
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Abstract:
PURPOSE: This study was conducted to evaluate the impact of a two-week palliative care education program on Korean Hospice volunteers. METHODS: A total of 71 volunteers were assigned to two groups: Group A (intervention, n=34) and Group B (usual care, n=37). Group A received six sessions of palliative care education for two weeks. The level of volunteers' motivation, death anxiety, and communication with the dying were measured at baseline and after the program ended. RESULTS: The palliative care education program had positive influence on the volunteers' motivation (t=2.341, P=0.022), death anxiety (t=−2.166, P=0.034), and communication with the dying (t=−2.808, P=0.006). CONCLUSION: The findings of this study suggest that a palliative care education program may be an effective way to boost hospice volunteers' motivation, ease their death anxiety and improve their communication with the dying.
