Table 2 General PC knowledge and attitudes
Q1-Q5 itemsa (True, False, Unknown) | Correct | Number | Percent | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Q1. Palliative care should be provided for patients for whom no curative treatments are available | ||||||
Q2. Palliative care should not be provided alongside anti-cancer treatment | F | 129 | 93.5 | |||
Q3. Different people have different ideas about PC | T | 124 | 89.9 | |||
Q4. Patients who receive PC must accept death | F | 89 | 64.5 | |||
Q5. Palliative care is the same as hospice care | F | 117 | 84.8 | |||
Participants who answered everything correctly | 55 | 39.9 | ||||
Q6.b In your opinion, under what conditions should cancer patients receive PC? | ||||||
A. When cancer is first diagnosed | – | 45 | 32.6 | |||
B.When patients can no longer undergo surgery, radiotherapy, chemotherapy and other anti-cancer therapy | – | 102 | 73.9 | |||
C. When patients’ symptoms can no longer be controlled | – | 77 | 55.8 | |||
D. When patients are mentally disabled | – | 65 | 47.1 | |||
E. When patients proactively request PC | – | 57 | 41.3 | |||
F. When the estimated survival length is less than 3 months | – | 80 | 58.0 | |||
G. When the estimated survival length is less than 6 months | – | 48 | 34.8 | |||
H. Others | – | 13 | 9.4 | |||
Q7-Q9 itemsc | Yes | No | Depends | |||
N | % | N | % | N | % | |
Q7.Would you recommend PC for cancer patients who attend clinic for the first time? | 40 | 29.2 | 15 | 11.7 | 81 | 59.1 |
Q8.Do you believe that PC can improve patients’ survival? | 75 | 54.3 | 8 | 5.8 | 55 | 39.3 |
Q9.Do you believe that early PC integration can improve patients’ QOL? | 100 | 72.5 | 9 | 6.5 | 29 | 21.0 |