Awareness of palliative care and its influencing factors in community residents in Hangzhou
10.19485/j.cnki.issn2096-5087.2020.05.008
- VernacularTitle:杭州市社区居民安宁疗护认知及影响因素分析
- Author:
XIE Yanhong
1
;
XU Ying
;
YANG Shulan
;
YAN Jing
;
JIN Xiaoqing
;
LIU Caixia
;
LU Peiying
Author Information
1. Zhejiang Hospital
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
palliative care awareness influencing factors
- From:
Journal of Preventive Medicine
2020;32(5):466-470
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective: To understand the awareness of palliative care and its influencing factors in community residents in Hangzhou,so as to provide basis for the development of palliative care service.
Methods:By convenient sampling method,the residents in the urban-rural junction of Xihu District were recruited. A self-designed questionnaire was used to investigate their awareness of palliative care. The logistic regression model was employed to analyze the influencing factors.
Results :A total of 519 questionnaires were recovered,with a response rate of 97.92%. There were 227 males and 292 females,accounting for 43.74% and 56.26%,respectively. There were 43,218 and 258 residents with more,basic and little understanding about palliative care, accounting for 8.29%,42.00% and 49.71%. The residents learned about palliative care mainly through television and radio,with 245 cases accounting for 47.21%;and they thought that the main reason for low awareness of palliative care was a lack of related knowledge,with 396 cases accounting for 76.30%. The results of multivariate logistic regression analysis showed that 50-59 years old（OR = 0.467,95% CI：0.285-0.767）,primary school education and below（OR = 2.248,95%CI：1.239-4.079）and experience of caring for dying patients（OR = 1.551,95% CI：1.094-2.199）were the influencing factors for the awareness of palliative care.
Conclusion:The residents in Hangzhou had relatively low awareness of palliative care,which were associated with age,education level and experience of caring for dying patients.
