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| Content Provider | African Journals Online (AJOL) |
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| Author | Haftom Gebrehiwot Teklay Zeru Hadgu Gerensea Tewolde Teklu Girmay Teklay Hagos Berihu Tewolde wubayu |
| Abstract | Introduction: palliative care is a multidisciplinary approach which is focused on both the patient and their family. Therefore, the objectives of the study is to assess the knowledge and attitude towards palliative care and its associated factors among nurses in Tigray, Northern Ethiopia, 2018. Methods: an institutional based cross-sectional quantitative study design was carried out using 355 nurses working in selected hospitals in Tigray region from February to March 2018. Systematic random sampling was used to select six governmental hospitals. We used triangulation in the study method, making use of both Frommelt's Attitude Toward Care of the Dying (FATCOD) scale, and Palliative Care Quiz for Nursing (PCQN) knowledge. SPSS were applied for data entry and analysis. Statistical significance was declared at P<0.05. The goodness of fit of the final logistic model was tested by using the Hosmer and Lemeshow test at a value of > 0.05. Results: all the participants were able to respond. Out of the total study participants, 223 (62.8%) had good knowledge and 200 (56.3%) had a favorable attitude towards Palliative care. A medical ward had (AOR = 3.413, CI = 1.388-8.392, P = 0.019), trained Nurses [AOR = 3.488; CI = 1.735-7.015; P = 0.00) significant associated with nurses knowledge towards palliative care. Nurses working in the lemlem Karl (AOR=2.541; 95% CI; 0.013(1.106-5.835), nurses who had a 20-30 years ago had unfavorable attitude (AOR = 2.660; 95% CI; 0.002(1.386-5.106) were significant. Conclusion: the nurses had poor knowledge. However, their attitude towards palliative care (PC) was favorable. |
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| e-ISSN | 19378688 |
| Journal | Pan African Medical Journal |
| Issue Number | 1 |
| Volume Number | 35 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 2021-08-02 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | General Science Humanities Health Tigray attitude knowledge nurses palliative care |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
| Subject | Medicine Decision Sciences |
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