Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice of nurses and physicians working with adult oncology patients toward palliative care services in Palestine رسالة ماجستير

Abstract

Background: palliative care is defined by the world health organization as an approach that improves the quality of life of patients and their families facing the problems associated with life-threatening illness”. In Palestine, Palliative care is new to the health care field and as such, limited understanding available about staff awareness of the kind of services offered and the readiness of health care professionals to provide Palliative care. Objectives: Our study aims to assess the knowledge, attitude and practice toward palliative care among nurses and physicians working in oncology embedded hospitals and to identify its determinants in Palestine. Methods: A quantitative research approach using cross sectional descriptive design was applied in our study. A validated questionnaire was used to gather the primary data from participants. The data was collected from nurses and physicians in seven Palestinian hospitals all over the West Bank governorates. Descriptive statistics (frequencies, percentages, means and standard deviations) were used to summarize osp t l’s results. One-Way ANOVA, t-test and chi square tests were used to reveal significant relationships between the sample subgroups according to the independent variables of the study. In addition, simple, multiple linear and stepwise regression models were used as prediction model for our study. Results: Nurses and physicians in oncology hospital in Palestine had satisfactory level of knowledge, attitude, and practice regarding palliative care. Statistical analysis indicated significant (p<0.05) association between KAP and several independent variables including; age, hospital, department, year of graduation, and years of experience, while other variables such as gender, profession, and hospital type were not XII significantly associated. There is a significant positive relationship between knowledge and attitudes (r=6.::<, p <0.001), knowledge and Practices (r=0.597, p<0.001), and attitudes and practices (r=0.592, p= <0.001) of nurses and physicians working with adult oncology patients toward palliative care services. These results indicate that as knowledge increases, both attitudes and practices increase. Conclusion: The results of this study emphasize the necessity for developing PC services in Palestine. more studies area unit required during this space to obviously perceive the issues encountered in the practice within the apply setting and to guide the adoption of a PC delivery model that's culturally sensitive and meets the wants of the Palestinians population.