Harmonising palliative care: a national survey to evaluate the knowledge and attitude of emergency physicians towards palliative care in Kuwait
| Autor: | Saleem Nawaf Suroor, Ameena Mohammed Al-Ansari, Sobhi Mostafa AboSerea, Wafaa Mostafa Abd-El-Gawad |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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Emergency rooms
medicine.medical_specialty Palliative care Oncology (nursing) business.industry Specialty Medicine (miscellaneous) General Medicine Hospital care Care setting 03 medical and health sciences Medical–Surgical Nursing 0302 clinical medicine 030220 oncology & carcinogenesis Family medicine medicine 030212 general & internal medicine Quality of care Positive attitude business Competence (human resources) |
| Zdroj: | BMJ Supportive & Palliative Care. :bmjspcare-2019 |
| ISSN: | 2045-4368 2045-435X |
| DOI: | 10.1136/bmjspcare-2019-002141 |
| Popis: | Background and aimAlthough the challenges of integrating palliative care practices across care settings are real and well recognised, to date little is known about palliative care practices of emergency physicians (EPs) in Kuwait. Therefore, this study aims to explore the attitude and knowledge of EPs in providing palliative care in all general hospitals in Kuwait.MethodA cross-sectional survey was performed in the emergency rooms of all general hospitals in Kuwait using the Palliative Care Attitude and Knowledge Questionnaire.ResultsOf the total number of physicians working in emergency rooms (n=156), 104 (66.67%) had completed the survey. 76.9% (n=80) of the EPs had an uncertain attitude towards palliative care. Most of the EPs (n=73, 70.28%) did not discuss the patients’ need for palliative care either with the patients or with their families. Only 16 (15.4%) of the EPs responded correctly to most of the questions while nearly half of the EPs (n=51, 49%) had poor knowledge. Experience ≥11 years and better knowledge scores were independent predictors of positive attitude after adjustment of age, sex, qualifications, specialty, position and nationality (OR: 5.747 (CI 1.031 to 25.00), 1.458(CI 1.148 to 1.851); p values: 0.021, 0.002, respectively).ConclusionsDespite recognising palliative care as an important competence, the majority of the EPs in Kuwait had uncertain attitude and poor knowledge towards palliative care. Efforts should be made to enhance physician training and provide palliative care resources to improve the quality of care given to patients visiting emergency departments. |
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