TY - JOUR
T1 - Healthcare workers' skills
T2 - Perceived competence and experiences of end-of-life care in community hospitals
AU - Payne, Sheila
AU - Hawker, Sheila
AU - Kerr, Chris
AU - Seamark, David
AU - Jarrett, Nikki
AU - Roberts, Helen
AU - Smith, Helen
PY - 2007/10/29
Y1 - 2007/10/29
N2 - Objectives: To understand the knowledge, skills and confidence of doctors, nurses and other healthcare workers in delivering end-of-life care in community hospitals. Research design: A cross-sectional questionnaire survey was carried out to evaluate doctors', nurses' and other staff's self-reported knowledge and confidence in delivering general aspects of end-of-life care in six community hospitals in the South West and South East of England. Approximately 900 hours of non-participant observation was conducted. Participants: Staff associated with community hospitals were invited to complete a questionnaire and 346 questionnaires were distributed, with 125 returned (response rate 36%). The sample consisted of: medical staff (n = 31 ), nursing staff (n = 44), health care assistants (n = 22) and other professional workers (n = 28). Results: Staff reported having knowledge, skills and confidence in symptom control but had less expertise in psychological, spiritual and bereavement care End-of-life care needs to be delivered by a multidisciplinary team. Our findings indicate that further education is required in psychosocial care.
AB - Objectives: To understand the knowledge, skills and confidence of doctors, nurses and other healthcare workers in delivering end-of-life care in community hospitals. Research design: A cross-sectional questionnaire survey was carried out to evaluate doctors', nurses' and other staff's self-reported knowledge and confidence in delivering general aspects of end-of-life care in six community hospitals in the South West and South East of England. Approximately 900 hours of non-participant observation was conducted. Participants: Staff associated with community hospitals were invited to complete a questionnaire and 346 questionnaires were distributed, with 125 returned (response rate 36%). The sample consisted of: medical staff (n = 31 ), nursing staff (n = 44), health care assistants (n = 22) and other professional workers (n = 28). Results: Staff reported having knowledge, skills and confidence in symptom control but had less expertise in psychological, spiritual and bereavement care End-of-life care needs to be delivered by a multidisciplinary team. Our findings indicate that further education is required in psychosocial care.
KW - Community hospitals
KW - Education
KW - End-of-life care
KW - Palliative care
KW - Questionnaire survey
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U2 - 10.1179/096992607X196033
DO - 10.1179/096992607X196033
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:35448957223
SN - 0969-9260
VL - 15
SP - 118
EP - 125
JO - Progress in Palliative Care
JF - Progress in Palliative Care
IS - 3
ER -