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Palliative care for advanced dementia: Knowledge and attitudes of long-term care staff
Chen IH, Lin KY, Hu SH, Chuang YH, Long CO, Chang CC, Liu MF.. Journal of clinical nursing, 2017-12-13
Topic: Risk, prevention and care in population studies
Aims and objectives To investigate the knowledge of and attitudes towards palliative care for advanced dementia and their associations with demographics among nursing staff, including nurses and nursing assistants, in long-term care settings. Background Nursing facilities are places where persons with dementia die; therefore, providing quality end-of-life care to residents with advanced dementia is crucial. To date, little attention has been paid to palliative care practice for patients with advanced dementia. Design A descriptive, cross-sectional, survey design was used. Methods In total, a sample of 300 nurses (n = 125) and nursing assistants (n = 175) working in long-term care settings in Taiwan participated in this study. Two instruments were administered: demographic characteristics and responses to the Questionnaire of Palliative Care for Advanced Dementia. Descriptive statistics and multiple regression were used for data analysis. Results Overall, the nurses and nursing assistants had moderate mean scores for both knowledge of and attitudes regarding palliative care for advanced dementia. Additionally, nursing staff who were nurses with greater work experience and those who had received palliative care and hospice training had greater knowledge of palliative care. In addition, nursing staff who had received dementia care training and who had worked in nursing homes had higher levels of positive attitudes towards palliative care. Conclusions This study indicates the need to provide nurses and nursing assistants with more information about palliative care practice for people with advanced dementia. Particularly, providing education to those who are nursing assistants, who have less working experience, who have not received palliative and dementia care training, and who have not worked in nursing homes can improve overall nursing staff knowledge of and attitudes towards palliative care. Relevance to clinical practice Continuing education in principles of palliative care for advanced dementia is necessary for currently practicing nursing staff and should be developed according to their educational background and needs.
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Chen, I. H., Lin, K. Y., Hu, S. H., Chuang, Y. H., Long, C. O., Chang, C. C., et al. (2018). Palliative care for advanced dementia: Knowledge and attitudes of long-term care staff. Journal of clinical nursing. https://doi.org/10.1111/jocn.14132
Vancouver
Chen IH, Lin KY, Hu SH, Chuang YH, Long CO, Chang CC, et al. Palliative care for advanced dementia: Knowledge and attitudes of long-term care staff. Journal of clinical nursing. 2018. doi:10.1111/jocn.14132. PMID: 29076605.
BibTeX
@article{chen2018-29076605,
author = {Chen, I. H. and Lin, K. Y. and Hu, S. H. and Chuang, Y. H. and Long, C. O. and Chang, C. C. and Liu, M. F.},
title = {{Palliative care for advanced dementia: Knowledge and attitudes of long-term care staff}},
journal = {Journal of clinical nursing},
year = {2018},
doi = {10.1111/jocn.14132},
pmid = {29076605},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1111/jocn.14132}
}
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Key findings
- Results Overall, the nurses and nursing assistants had moderate mean scores for both knowledge of and attitudes regarding palliative care for advanced dementia.
- Particularly, providing education to those who are nursing assistants, who have less working experience, who have not received palliative and dementia care training, and who have not worked in nursing homes can improve overall nursing staff knowledge of and attitudes towards palliative care.
Study details
- Study designcross-sectional
- Participants125
- Evidence strengthLow
How this study scored 53/100
Published in a peer-reviewed journal, and it is a snapshot of people at one point in time. Scored zero for effect reported and randomized / blinded because the record does not state it. We have no data on journal's citation record, times cited, citations per year, impact for its field and year, cited by studies here, still being cited, senior author's track record, institution's track record and multicenter collaboration, so those were left out: it earned 31 of the 58 points we could judge it on, which is 53 out of 100.
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| Journal tier | 7 / 10 | Tier 3 — peer-reviewed journal (Journal of clinical nursing) |
| Journal's citation record | — / 4 | No journal record from OpenAlex — left out of this score |
| Study design | 4 / 12 | A snapshot of people at one point in time |
| Strength of evidence | 1 / 5 | Rated “low” in our summary |
| Peer-review validation | 10 / 10 | Peer-reviewed. Published as an article in a named peer-reviewed journal. |
| How recent | 2 / 5 | 2018 — within 10 year(s) of the newest study here |
| Sample size | 2 / 4 | 125 participants |
| Effect reported | 0 / 3 | No effect size reported — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Studied in people | 3 / 3 | Studied in people (participant count stated) |
| Randomized / blinded | 0 / 2 | No randomization or blinding stated — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Times cited | — / 7 | No citation count (not found in OpenAlex) — left out of this score |
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| Indexed in PubMed | 2 / 2 | Indexed in PubMed (PMID 29076605) |
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| Points | 31 / 58 | Scored on 11 of 20 parts. We have no data for the rest, so they are left out: 31 of the 58 points we could judge it on is 53 out of 100. |
| Total | 53 / 100 | — |
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