Cognition of palliative care and its influencing factors among medical students

doi:10.3760/cma.j.issn.1673-677X.2019.02.003

Abstract

Abstract: Objective To explore the cognition of palliative care among medical students and analyze the correlative factors.Methods Students from different places were invited to do the home-based made questionnaire, questions include students' basic information, their attitudes toward death and knowledge about palliative care. Correlation analysis and rank sum test were used to analyze the influencing factors.Results The following medical students got a higher grade of cognition about palliative care: female(34.05±2.00), undergraduates candidates for masters (34.11±2.11), those postgraduates (34.07±2.04), those born in a large family (34.15±1.57), those had received education or training about death(34.34±1.81) and those had participated in voluntary activities(34.03±2.06). Also students in an atmosphere of talking about death at home is frank and open(34.01±1.99) and those had visited or cared for dying patients(34.11±2.00).Conclusions Medical students' cognition of palliative care varies because of personalexperience of death or education background which suggests that could supply palliative care education penetrating intoclinic practice.

Key words: Medical students, Attitude towards death, Palliative care, Study

CLC Number:

R-05
R-02

Yang Xiyu, Pan Hui, Zhao Jun, Ning Xiaohong. Cognition of palliative care and its influencing factors among medical students[J]. Chinese Journal of Medical Education, 2019, 39(2): 98-104.

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