Healthcare Provider Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices in Hospice Care and Their Influencing Factors: A Crosssectional Study in Shanghai.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In 2017, the Chinese government launched a pilot project in hospice care (HC), in which Shanghai was a pioneer. Healthcare provider knowledge, attitudes, and practices in hospice care (KAPHC) may facilitate or hinder HC development. To determine how to design targeted training for healthcare providers and policies to improve their KAPHC, we conducted an original study based on an indigenized KAPHC scale to (a) comprehensively measure the KAPHC baseline of healthcare providers in Shanghai and (b) explore its influencing factors.

Methods

A cross-sectional study was designed to evaluate healthcare providers' KAPHC with the indigenized KAPHC scale. Descriptive analysis, linear regression, and Pearson's (r) correlation analysis were performed to un

SUBMITTER: Teng X 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10105208 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature