Table 5.

Respondents' Perceptions of Knowledge of Palliative Care of Persons

	PWP (n = 1266)	PWP at COE (n = 357)	PWP not at COE (n = 835)	p Value	Care partner (n = 616)	Care partner at COE (n = 169)	Care partner not at COE (n = 428)	p Value
Knowledgeable about palliative carea, n (%) PWP = 1076 and care partner = 530	917 (85.2)	288 (87.5)	618 (84.4)	0.18	479 (90.4)	146 (94.8)	329 (88.4)	0.03
The goal of palliative care is to…
Help friends and family cope with a patient's illness, n (%) PWP = 915, Care partner = 478	628 (68.7)	194 (67.4)	426 (69.2)	0.59	347 (72.6)	103 (70.6)	242 (73.8)	0.47
Manage pain and other physical symptoms, n (%) PWP = 916 and care partner = 478	777 (84.8)	252 (87.5)	516 (83.6)	0.13	417 (87.3)	122 (83.6)	292 (89.0)	0.10
Accepting palliative care means giving up, n (%) PWP = 905 and care partner = 472	154 (17.0)	41 (14.5)	112 (18.3)	0.16	55 (11.6)	14 (9.7)	40 (12.3)	0.42
It is a doctor's obligation to inform about the option of palliative care, n (%) PWP = 904, and care partner = 472	652 (72.1)	198 (70.0)	448 (73.4)	0.28	365 (77.4)	110 (76.4)	252 (77.5)	0.78
If you accept palliative care, you must stop all other treatments, n (%) PWP = 905 and care partner = 472	80 (8.8)	14 (5.0)	65 (10.6)	0.01	37 (7.8)	9 (6.3)	26 (8.0)	0.51
Palliative care is the same as hospice care, n (%) PWP = 904 and care partner = 472	143 (15.9)	40 (14.1)	101 (16.6)	0.36	61 (12.9)	14 (9.7)	45 (13.9)	0.21
When I think of “palliative care,” I automatically think of death, n (%) PWP = 904 and care partner = 472	331 (36.6)	100 (35.3)	225 (36.9)	0.65	155 (32.8)	46 (31.9)	107 (32.9)	0.83

Additional response items are limited to the subset who report being knowledgeable about palliative care and the reported n (%) are those who responded somewhat agree or strongly agree.

^aKnowledgeable about palliative care is defined as reporting knowing a little bit about palliative care or knowing what palliative care is and could explain it to someone else.