Palliative care knowledge and attitudes towards end-of-life care of nurses in tertiary hospitals

Background Efforts to increase access to palliative care (PC) must consider healthcare providers’ level of knowledge and attitude because both affect the quality of services. Nurses play essential roles in the delivery of PC, including end-of-life care. Objectives The study aimed to describe nurses’...

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Vydáno v:Curationis (Pretoria) Ročník 48; číslo 1; s. e1 - 9
Hlavní autoři: Lazarus, Eilean R., Muliira, Joshua K., Al-Zaabi, Omar, Al-Khabori, Murtadha K., Al Adawi, Mudhar M., Al Mamari, Qasim
Médium: Journal Article
Jazyk:angličtina
Vydáno: South Africa AOSIS 28.07.2025
African Online Scientific Information Systems (Pty) Ltd t/a AOSIS
AOSIS (Pty) Ltd
Democratic Nursing Organisation of South Africa (DENOSA)
Témata:
Adult
attitude
Attitude of Health Personnel
Attitudes
Beliefs, opinions and attitudes
Biology
Chronic illnesses
Clinical competence
Cross-Sectional Studies
Employees
end-of-life care
Female
Health Care Sciences & Services
Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice
Health Policy & Services
Hospitals
Humans
Knowledge
Life expectancy
Male
Middle Aged
Nurses
Nurses - psychology
Nurses - statistics & numerical data
Nursing
Oman
Original Research
Pain
Palliative care
Palliative Care - methods
Palliative Care - psychology
Palliative Care - standards
Palliative treatment
Patients
Psychological aspects
Quality of life
Questionnaires
Surveys
Surveys and Questionnaires
Terminal care
Terminal Care - methods
Terminal Care - psychology
Terminal Care - standards
Terminal illnesses
Tertiary Care Centers - organization & administration
Tertiary Care Centers - statistics & numerical data
Oman
nursing
palliative care
Oman
attitude
end-of-life care
knowledge
ISSN:0379-8577, 2223-6279, 2223-6279
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Shrnutí:Background Efforts to increase access to palliative care (PC) must consider healthcare providers’ level of knowledge and attitude because both affect the quality of services. Nurses play essential roles in the delivery of PC, including end-of-life care. Objectives The study aimed to describe nurses’ readiness to provide PC in Oman by measuring PC knowledge and attitudes towards end-of-life care. Method A cross-sectional design was used. The Palliative Care Knowledge Questionnaire and the Modified Frommelt Attitude towards the Care of the Dying Scale were used to collect data from nurses (n = 1469) practising in government tertiary hospitals across Oman. Results The nurses exhibited suboptimal PC knowledge and positive attitudes towards end-of-life care. Significant differences were noted in some domains of knowledge and attitudes of nurses with different levels of professional experience. Attitude towards end-of-life care was associated with experience, caring for a dying family member, education and training in PC, religiosity, spirituality and age, but none was a significant predictor. The predictors of PC knowledge were gender, caring for a dying family member and education and training in PC. Conclusion Nurses in tertiary care settings in Oman have positive attitudes towards end-of-life care, but they lack optimal PC knowledge. The gaps in knowledge could be attributed to professional education, training and experience. Contribution The identified gaps in nurses’ PC knowledge could influence the provision of PC. Interventions are needed to sustain optimal knowledge and competencies to deliver quality PC to patients and their families.
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ISSN:0379-8577
2223-6279
2223-6279
DOI:10.4102/curationis.v48i1.2734