Development and validation of scales for attitudes, self-reported practices, difficulties and knowledge among home care nurses providing palliative care

Shimizu, Masaharu; Nishimura, Misako; Ishii, Yoko; Kuramochi, Masayo; Kakuta, Naoe

doi:10.1016/j.ejon.2016.02.009

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“…(35) According to Mallory (2003) (4) , nursing education has historically lacked an effective approach toward providing education on end-of-life care. (38,39) The present results demonstrated that positive attitudes toward dying patients are expressed by the majority of the UCCNSs as they agreed that giving nursing care to the dying persons is a worthwhile learning experience. These results may be related to the students' values and intrinsic religious beliefs.…”

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Undergraduate Critical Care Nursing Students’ Knowledge And Attitudes Toward Caring Of Dying Patients

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“…The principles consisted of understanding the philosophy and guidelines of palliative care and recognising the active nature of palliative care, its compatibility with aggressive treatment and its relationship to other treatments. Identifying the suitability of palliative care for a patient and being able to determine when a patient needs palliative care were also important characteristics of the general basis of palliative care (Kim et al, ; Choi, Lee, Kim, Kim, & Kim, ; Ly, Yates, & Osborne, ; Iranmanesh et al, ; Abudari, Zahreddine, Hazeim, Al Assi, & Emara, ; Shimizu et al, ; Chover‐Sierra, Martinez‐Sabater, & Lapena‐Monux, ; Chover‐Sierra, Martinez‐Sabater, & Lapena‐Monux, ; Schnell‐Hoehn, Estrella‐Holder, & Avery, ;…”

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“…Knowledge about the efficacy of the drugs was linked to choosing the right medication according to the patient's symptoms, knowing the interactions between drugs and understanding the different possible routes for administering medication. Nurses needed knowledge of the side effects that drugs can cause, especially in situations where incorrect perceptions about adverse effects could hinder the selection of the most effective medication for the palliative care patient (Nakazawa et al, ; Choi et al, ; Sato et al, ; Iranmanesh et al, ; Abudari et al, ; Shimizu et al, ; Chover‐Sierra et al, , ; Schnell‐Hoehn et al, ; Nakazawa, Kato, Miyashita, Morita, & Kizawa, ).…”

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“…Management of the physical symptoms consisted of four different subcategories: treatment of respiratory symptoms, treatment of gastrointestinal symptoms, pain evaluation and pain management. The knowledge and skills concerning the treatment of respiratory symptoms were mainly management of dyspnoea and the ability to treat agonal respiration (Nakazawa et al, , ; Desbiens & Fillion, ; Sato et al, ; Ly et al, ; Shimizu et al, ; Price et al, ). Gastrointestinal symptom management included care for dryness of the mouth and the treatment of nausea, vomiting and constipation (Desbiens & Fillion, ; Slatten et al, ; Price et al, ).…”

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“…The instrument consisted of 40 items. Shimizu et al, self‐developed scales had 31 items to assess nurses’ knowledge about palliative care. The instrument had also other components to evaluate palliative care difficulties and self‐reported practices, but those were not analysed in this review.…”

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Aims and objectives To examine the content and reported psychometric properties of instruments for assessing nurses’ palliative care knowledge and skills in specialised healthcare units. Background Knowledge of palliative care, and competence in the delivery of care, is essential. Assessment of competence is an important means of evaluating the knowledge and skills of practitioners in order to improve the quality of care provided for patients and their families. Design An integrative review. Methods A systematic literature search was conducted in November 2018 in five databases: CINAHL, PubMed (Medline), Cochrane, Scopus and Web of Science. The quality assessment was conducted using the Joanna Briggs Institute's (JBI) Checklist for Analytical Cross‐Sectional Studies. The data were analysed using content analysis. PRISMA guidelines were followed to ensure explicit reporting. Results Overall, 5,413 studies were identified and 23 met the inclusion criteria. Nurses’ knowledge and skills, as assessed by the instruments, were as follows: (a) care for the patient, (b) care for the patient's family and (c) professional requirements. Ten instruments were identified assessing nurses’ knowledge and skills through knowledge tests and skill evaluation self‐tests. The psychometric properties of the instruments were reported to varying degrees, mainly focusing on internal consistency and content validation. Conclusions Nurses’ knowledge and skills were seen to contribute to the holistic care of the patient and his or her family, and the possession of adequate information and skills is essential when dealing with death and dying. The instruments are commonly available and potentially reliable, although reliability must be determined with caution, so validation studies in other cultures are recommended. Relevance to clinical practice These results could be utilised to improve the quality of palliative care by evaluating the knowledge and skills of nursing staff or when considering the needs of palliative care education.

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Instrument development of health providers' Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of Hospice Care Scale in China

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Objective: To match the reform of hospice development in China, this study aimed to construct an indigenized health providers' Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of Hospice Care (KAPHC) Scale in China with good validity and reliability. Methods: We used three steps to develop the scale, establishing items-pool firstly based on literature review and expert consultation, followed by forming a draft-scale design through synthetically consideration, and finally modifying the draft by conducting a self-administrative survey in sampled institution and testing the reliability and validity by statistical analysis. Results: The KAPHC Scale was comprised of 15 knowledge items, 24 attitude items and 22 practice items. In the part of knowledge, the Cronbach's α coefficient was 0.686, the average difficulty was 0.62 and average discrimination was 0.46. The attitude items were divided into four domains (KMO ¼ 0.770), with Cronbach's α coefficient of 0.868. The practice items included confidence of practices and selfreported behaviors (KMO ¼ 0.732), with Cronbach's α coefficient of 0.958. Conclusion: The KAPHC Scale demonstrated good validity and reliability. As an effective tool, the scale may contribute to assessing health providers' KAP status of

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Development and validation of scales for attitudes, self-reported practices, difficulties and knowledge among home care nurses providing palliative care

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Undergraduate Critical Care Nursing Students’ Knowledge And Attitudes Toward Caring Of Dying Patients

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Instruments for assessing nurses’ palliative care knowledge and skills in specialised care setting: An integrative review

Instrument development of health providers' Knowledge, Attitude and Practice of Hospice Care Scale in China

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