Awareness of palliative care and its influencing factors in community residents in Hangzhou / 预防医学
Journal of Preventive Medicine
;
(12): 466-470, 2020.
Article
in Chinese
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-822833
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.
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WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Type of study:
Prognostic study
Language:
Chinese
Journal:
Journal of Preventive Medicine
Year:
2020
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Article
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