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Table 2 Palliative care knowledge and attitudes

From: Self-reported knowledge and difficulties towards palliative care among healthcare professionals in rural China: a cross-sectional study

Scales

Mean (SD; range)

Palliative Care Difficulties a

42.58 (13.59; 15–75)

Communication in multidisciplinary teams (3)

8.99 (2.76; 3–15)

Communication with patient and family (3)

8.18 (3.12; 3–15)

Expert support (3)

8.32 (3.21; 3–15)

Alleviating symptoms (3)

8.07 (3.22; 3–15)

Community coordination (3)

9.03 (3.19; 3–15)

Palliative Care Knowledge b

13.28 (2.62; 0–18)

Standard score

73.78 (14.56)

Psychological care

2.76 (0.54; 0–3)

Spiritual care and death education

2.57 (0.81; 0–3)

Symptom management

5.47 (1.39; 0–7)

Basic knowledge

2.48 (1.15; 0–5)

  1. SD standard deviation
  2. aPalliative care difficulties were assessed using the Palliative Care Difficulty Scale (Nakazawa et al., 2010), a 15-item, 5-point Likert scale comprising five subscales. Total sum scores were used for analysis
  3. bPalliative care knowledge was assessed using the Palliative Care Knowledge Questionnaire-Chinese version (PCKQ-PCN; Luo et al., 2019). The scale is consisted of 18 items. Responses were recoded (1 for correct answer, 0 for incorrect). Mean and standard scores were used for analysis
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BMC Palliative Care

ISSN: 1472-684X

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