Table 2 The score of knowledge and attitudes about hospice care among the participants (N = 1591)
From: Cognition and attitudes of hospice care among healthcare providers: a case study of Sichuan Province
Question | Yes (%) | No (%) | Not Sure (%) |
|---|---|---|---|
Knowledge | |||
 1. In hospice care service, treatment is more important than care. (No) | 260 (16.3) | 1155 (72.6) | 176 (11.1) |
 2. Terminal patients with a definite diagnosis, hopeless treatment, and expected life within 6 months belong to the scope of hospice care. (Yes) | 1072 (67.3) | 227 (14.3) | 292 (18.4) |
 3. Hospice care service is provided by a team composed of doctors, nurses, social workers, volunteers, etc. (Yes) | 1416 (89.0) | 63 (4.0) | 112 (7.0) |
 4. Hospice care has many modes include hospital hospice, hospice wards, community hospice or home hospice, etc. to meet the different needs of patients and their families. (Yes) | 1408 (88.5) | 69 (4.3) | 114 (7.2) |
 5. Hospice care provides palliative or supportive medical measures, neither delaying nor accelerating the death. (Yes) | 1237 (77.7) | 163 (10.2) | 191 (12.1) |
 6. Hospice care can improve the quality of life of dying people and make them leave peacefully, which is consistent with the maintenance of human dignity too. (Yes) | 1451 (91.2) | 64 (4.0) | 76 (4.8) |
 7. Hospice care is euthanasia. (No) | 123 (7.7) | 1298 (81.6) | 170 (10.7) |
 8. Pain control is one of the most important aspects of hospice care.(Yes) | 1300 (81.7) | 133 (8.4) | 158 (9.9) |
 9. 80% ~ 90% of the pain can be controlled as long as the drug selection is appropriate, the dosage is reasonable, and the interval of administration is proper. (Yes) | 982 (61.7) | 266 (16.7) | 343 (21.6) |
 10. The clients of hospice care include not only the hospice patients but also their families, which should last until the mourning period. (Yes) | 1011 (63.5) | 324 (20.4) | 256 (16.1) |
Attitudes | |||
 1. Healthcare providers pay more attention to the general patient than to the dying patients and ignore the needs of the dying. (No) | 546 (34.3) | 735 (46.2) | 310 (19.5) |
 2. Hospice care lacks social support in China. (Yes) | 1081 (67.9) | 178 (11.2) | 332 (20.9) |
 3. Hospice care against the Chinese tradition of filial piety. (NO) | 100 (6.3) | 1333 (83.8) | 158 (9.9) |
 4. Hospice care goes against the traditional medical concept of "healing the wounded and rescuing the dying". (No) | 133 (8.4) | 1333 (83.8) | 125 (7.9) |
 5. Hospice care is conducive to relieving the financial and mental pressure of the dying and their families. (Yes) | 1171 (73.6) | 221 (13.9) | 199 (12.5) |
 6. Hospice care is beneficial to the rational allocation of medical resources. (Yes) | 1238 (77.8) | 134 (8.4) | 219 (13.8) |
 7. Caring for the dying is increasing the psychological burden of healthcare providers inevitably. (No) | 875 (55.0) | 351 (22.1) | 365 (22.9) |