Table 3 Physicians and nurses’attitudes in palliative care.
Items | Mean ± SD |
|---|---|
1. Perception of the threats from the worsening conditions of Critically ill patients is | 3.40 ± 1.07 |
1) Uncomfortable to take care of critically ill patients | 3.40 ± 1.37 |
2) Hopeless for the cure | 3.48 ± 1.24 |
3) Unable to easily face dying process and distress | 3.31 ± 1.32 |
4) Makes me feel weak | 3.46 ± 1.30 |
5) I feel guilty when my patient dies | 3.38 ± 1.34 |
2. Perception of the benefits for the life quality promotion is | 4.30 ± 0.90 |
6) Able to promote life quality and keep the dignity | 4.18 ± 1.06 |
7) Able to die peacefully and have a good death | 4.31 ± 1.05 |
8) Having care and accompanied by medical team | 4.36 ± 0.92 |
9) Emotional support | 4.32 ± 1.01 |
10) Able to have family support | 4.33 ± 0.99 |
3. Perception of the benefits for better death preparation is | 4.16 ± 0.86 |
11) Respect for the patient’s religion and burial rites | 4.37 ± 0.98 |
12) Help patients to die at home | 3.94 ± 1.12 |
13) Better emotional communication with critically ill patients | 4.39 ± 0.90 |
14) Help medical staff to care for the patient’s physical symptoms | 4.36 ± 0.95 |
15) Help patients to avoid the idea of euthanasia | 3.71 ± 1.11 |
4. Perception of the barriers to provide PC is | 3.42 ± 0.89 |
16) Negative treatment can shorten the patient’s life | 3.79 ± 1.32 |
17) No active treatment for physical symptoms | 3.85 ± 1.28 |
18) Make patients feel hopeless | 3.95 ± 1.19 |
19) Critically ill patients have too much complex symptoms | 2.15 ± 1.24 |
20) Continuing to provide long-term PC service will cause enthusiasm to decline | 3.36 ± 1.23 |
5. Subjective norms for provision of PC | 3.80 ± 0.8 |
21) It is meaningful | 4.23 ± 1.08 |
22) I experienced the death of my family member, which affected me to provide PC | 2.69 ± 1.32 |
23) It is a part of duty on medical staff | 4.09 ± 1.10 |
24) With the approval and support of department leader, colleagues, relatives and friends, I was encouraged to provide PC | 4.19 ± 0.99 |
