Knowledge and Attitudes towards Palliative Care: Validation of the Spanish Version of Questionnaire on Palliative Care for Advanced Dementia.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Palliative care is essential in the care of people with advanced dementia, due to the increasing number of patients requiring care in the final stages of life. Nurses need to acquire specific knowledge and skills to provide quality palliative care. The Questionnaire on Palliative Care for Advanced Dementia (qPAD) is useful for assessing knowledge and attitudes toward palliative care, but its adaptation to the Spanish language and analysis of its effectiveness and usefulness for the Spanish culture is lacking.

Objective

To report on the Spanish language adaptation and psychometric analysis of the qPAD.

Methods

The Questionnaire on Palliative Care for Advanced Dementia Spanish version (qPAD-SV) was obtained from a process that included translation, back-trans

SUBMITTER: Chover-Sierra E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9029205 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature