The Changes of Confidence, Accuracy and Knowledge of Medical Professionals after the Education for Survival Predictionin Terminally Ill Cancer Patients / 한국호스피스완화의료학회지
Korean Journal of Hospice and Palliative Care
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: 155-161, 2012.
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em Coreano
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ABSTRACT
PURPOSE:
In this study, we evaluated the effects of training for survival prediction of terminally ill patients in terms of medical professionals' confidence, accuracy and knowledge of survival prediction.METHODS:
Twenty-nine participants completed a self-administered questionnaire where they scored their confidence, accuracy and knowledge of survival prediction before and after the training session. The training was provided in July 2009 at a university hospital located in Gyeonggi province, Republic of Korea. The participants were instructed by a professor of family medicine specialized in hospice palliative medicine to predict survival of a case using the palliative prognostic score and objective prognostic score. The training was provided in the form of a PowerPoint presentation for 40 minutes.RESULTS:
Participants' confidence in survival prediction significantly increased from 4.00+/-1.73 (mean+/-SD) (0~10, visual analogue scale) to 5.83+/-1.71 after the training (P<0.001). Before training, participant's level of confidence significantly correlated with their age (P=0.04). The training significantly improved the correlation between the confidence level and the number of terminal cancer patients whom they have experienced (P=0.005 before training, P=0.017 after training). Participant's accuracy in survival prediction also significantly improved from 14 of 29 (48%) to 27 of 29 (93.1%) (P<0.001). The change in knowledge of survival prediction was too small to be statistically analyzed.CONCLUSION:
After training, the confidence and accuracy scores significantly improved. Further study with a greater number of participants is needed to generalize this finding.
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Índice:
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Assunto principal:
Cuidados Paliativos
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Prognóstico
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Inquéritos e Questionários
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Doente Terminal
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República da Coreia
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Hospitais para Doentes Terminais
Tipo de estudo:
Estudo prognóstico
Limite:
Humanos
País/Região como assunto:
Ásia
Idioma:
Coreano
Revista:
Korean Journal of Hospice and Palliative Care
Ano de publicação:
2012
Tipo de documento:
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