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Assessment of knowledge and attitude towards palliative care and associated factors among nurses working in selected Tigray hospitals, northern Ethiopia: a cross-sectional study.
| Content Provider | Europe PMC |
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| Author | Zeru, Teklay Berihu, Hagos Gerensea, Hadgu Teklay, Girmay Teklu, Tewolde Gebrehiwot, Haftom wubayu, Tewolde |
| Copyright Year | 2020 |
| Abstract | IntroductionPalliative 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.MethodsAn 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 the final logistic model was tested by using the Hosmer and Lemeshow test at a value of > 0.05.ResultsAll 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.ConclusionThe nurses had poor knowledge. However, their attitude towards palliative care (PC) was favorable. |
| Journal | The Pan African Medical Journal |
| Volume Number | 35 |
| PubMed Central reference number | PMC7320791 |
| PubMed reference number | 32637019 |
| e-ISSN | 19378688 |
| DOI | 10.11604/pamj.2020.35.121.17820 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | The African Field Epidemiology Network |
| Publisher Date | 2020-04-15 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Rights License | The Pan African Medical Journal - ISSN 1937-8688. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. © Teklay Zeru et al. |
| Subject Keyword | Tigray attitude knowledge nurses palliative care |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
| Subject | Medicine |
