The training effects of a continuing education program on nurses’ knowledge and attitudes to palliative care: a cross sectional study

作者：Xian Chen, Yuxi Zhang, Anne Arber, Xiaorong Huo, Jin Liu, Cuihua Sun, Ling Yuan, Xuemei Wang, Dan Wang, Jinfeng Wu, Junjie Du · 发表于：BMC Palliative Care · 年份：2022 · DOI：10.1186/s12904-022-00953-0 · 被引用次数：39 · 研究领域：Palliative Care and End-of-Life Issues、Patient Dignity and Privacy、Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology

BACKGROUND: Most nurses in China have not been trained to take care of end-of-life patients appropriately due to lack of educational resources and insufficient training. A palliative care program was launched by the Jiangsu Nursing Association (JNA training program) and to identify gaps in palliative care training. The main aim of this study was to evaluate the training effects of the JNA training program on nurses' knowledge and attitudes to palliative care. METHODS: A cross-sectional study was conducted with 10 048 registered nurses in all regions of Jiangsu. All participants completed an online questionnaire using the Chinese version of The Palliative Care Quiz for Nursing (PCQN-C) and the Frommelt Attitude Toward Care of the Dying scale (FATCOD-B-C). A propensity score matched analysis was performed between the nurses who had attended the JNA training program and whose who hadn't. RESULTS: The average score of PCQN-C among all nurses was 8.79, while the mean score of the FATCOD-B-C was 103.62. Those participants who attended the JNA training program had significantly better scores than those who did not. Propensity score matching analysis showed that the palliative care training program failed to improve nurses' knowledge in psychosocial and spiritual care or their attitudes towards the necessity of family support although there was positive impact on other aspects of palliative care. CONCLUSIONS: Knowledge of palliative care among Chinese nurses remains low. Training pro...