作者
Tinne Smets, Lara Pivodic, Ruth Piers, H Roeline W Pasman, Yvonne Engels, Katarzyna Szczerbińska, Marika Kylänen, Giovanni Gambassi, Sheila Payne, Luc Deliens, Lieve Van den Block
发表日期
2018/10
期刊
Palliative medicine
卷号
32
期号
9
页码范围
1487-1497
出版商
Sage Publications
简介
Background
The provision of high-quality palliative care in nursing homes (NHs) is a major challenge and places demands on the knowledge and skills of the staff.
Aim
This study assesses the palliative care knowledge of staff in NHs in Europe.
Design
Cross-sectional study using structured survey
Setting/participants
Nurses and care assistants working in 322 representative samples of NHs in Belgium, the Netherlands, England, Finland, Poland and Italy. Palliative care knowledge is measured with the Palliative Care Survey. Scores on the scales range between 0 and 1; higher scores indicate more knowledge.
Results
A total of 3392 NH-staff were given a questionnaire, and 2275 responded (67%). Knowledge of basic palliative care issues ranged between 0.20 in Poland (95% confidence interval (CI) 0.19; 0.24) and 0.61 in Belgium (95% CI 0.59; 0.63), knowledge of physical aspects that can contribute to pain ranged …
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