Knowledge and attitudes regarding hospice care among outpatients and family members in two hospitals in China

Access to hospice care is widely provided in Western countries, but the supply of such service is still in its initiative stage in China. As relatives are often involved in end-of-life decision making in China, a better understanding of their cognitions toward hospice care would help policy makers a...

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Autores principales: Ni, Kaiwen, Gong, Yining, Li, Furong, Cao, Xi, Zhang, Hua, Chu, Hongling, Li, Tong, Mairipaiti, Abulikemu, Zhao, Yiming, Li, Nan
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6494376/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31008953
http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/MD.0000000000015230
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author Ni, Kaiwen
Gong, Yining
Li, Furong
Cao, Xi
Zhang, Hua
Chu, Hongling
Li, Tong
Mairipaiti, Abulikemu
Zhao, Yiming
Li, Nan
author_facet Ni, Kaiwen
Gong, Yining
Li, Furong
Cao, Xi
Zhang, Hua
Chu, Hongling
Li, Tong
Mairipaiti, Abulikemu
Zhao, Yiming
Li, Nan
author_sort Ni, Kaiwen
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description Access to hospice care is widely provided in Western countries, but the supply of such service is still in its initiative stage in China. As relatives are often involved in end-of-life decision making in China, a better understanding of their cognitions toward hospice care would help policy makers and physicians to overcome the barriers of providing such service. Thus, we conducted the study to assess the level of knowledge and attitudes among Chinese outpatients and family members regarding hospice care. A cross-sectional study was conducted in Peking University Third Hospital and Peking University Shougang Hospital. Trained interviewers recruited outpatients or family members in two hospitals as a convenience sample to complete an anonymous face-to-face survey on demographic information, knowledge, and attitudes regarding hospice care. A total of 550 respondents completed this survey. Only 107 (19.5%) reported that they had known or heard of hospice care, with a mean knowledge score of 2.8 (standard deviation = 1.6). Of the respondents, 69.5% answered “strongly agree” or “agree” regarding the importance of providing hospice care in China. Participants who had known of hospice care were more likely to have favorite attitudes toward it. The awareness rate of hospice care is low in the study, which may lead to poor attitude and low enrollment rate. Considering the increasing evidence to support the improved outcomes of patients and family members associated with hospice care, the public education on its scope of services, benefits, and limitations is needed in China.
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spelling pubmed-64943762019-05-29 Knowledge and attitudes regarding hospice care among outpatients and family members in two hospitals in China Ni, Kaiwen Gong, Yining Li, Furong Cao, Xi Zhang, Hua Chu, Hongling Li, Tong Mairipaiti, Abulikemu Zhao, Yiming Li, Nan Medicine (Baltimore) Research Article Access to hospice care is widely provided in Western countries, but the supply of such service is still in its initiative stage in China. As relatives are often involved in end-of-life decision making in China, a better understanding of their cognitions toward hospice care would help policy makers and physicians to overcome the barriers of providing such service. Thus, we conducted the study to assess the level of knowledge and attitudes among Chinese outpatients and family members regarding hospice care. A cross-sectional study was conducted in Peking University Third Hospital and Peking University Shougang Hospital. Trained interviewers recruited outpatients or family members in two hospitals as a convenience sample to complete an anonymous face-to-face survey on demographic information, knowledge, and attitudes regarding hospice care. A total of 550 respondents completed this survey. Only 107 (19.5%) reported that they had known or heard of hospice care, with a mean knowledge score of 2.8 (standard deviation = 1.6). Of the respondents, 69.5% answered “strongly agree” or “agree” regarding the importance of providing hospice care in China. Participants who had known of hospice care were more likely to have favorite attitudes toward it. The awareness rate of hospice care is low in the study, which may lead to poor attitude and low enrollment rate. Considering the increasing evidence to support the improved outcomes of patients and family members associated with hospice care, the public education on its scope of services, benefits, and limitations is needed in China. Wolters Kluwer Health 2019-04-19 /pmc/articles/PMC6494376/ /pubmed/31008953 http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/MD.0000000000015230 Text en Copyright © 2019 the Author(s). Published by Wolters Kluwer Health, Inc. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial License 4.0 (CCBY-NC), where it is permissible to download, share, remix, transform, and buildup the work provided it is properly cited. The work cannot be used commercially without permission from the journal. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0
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Ni, Kaiwen
Gong, Yining
Li, Furong
Cao, Xi
Zhang, Hua
Chu, Hongling
Li, Tong
Mairipaiti, Abulikemu
Zhao, Yiming
Li, Nan
Knowledge and attitudes regarding hospice care among outpatients and family members in two hospitals in China
title Knowledge and attitudes regarding hospice care among outpatients and family members in two hospitals in China
title_full Knowledge and attitudes regarding hospice care among outpatients and family members in two hospitals in China
title_fullStr Knowledge and attitudes regarding hospice care among outpatients and family members in two hospitals in China
title_full_unstemmed Knowledge and attitudes regarding hospice care among outpatients and family members in two hospitals in China
title_short Knowledge and attitudes regarding hospice care among outpatients and family members in two hospitals in China
title_sort knowledge and attitudes regarding hospice care among outpatients and family members in two hospitals in china
topic Research Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6494376/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31008953
http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/MD.0000000000015230
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