Table 3.
Differences in Demographic characteristics and Palliative care education between oncologists and nurses
| Oncologists N = 39 |
Nurses N = 131 |
P value | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age | 40 ± 6.67 | 36.64 ± 6.86 | 0.008 | ||
| Sex | Male | 22 (56.4%) | 32 (24.45) | < 0.001 | |
| Female | 17 (43.6%) | 99 (75.6%) | |||
| Occupation | Ass Registrar | 2 (5.1%) | 00 | < 0.001 | |
| Registrar | 17 (43.6%) | 110 (84.6%) | |||
| Senior Registrar | 8 (20.5%) | 14 (10.6%) | |||
| Specialist-consultant | 12 (30.8%) | 7 (5.4%) | |||
| Years of experience | 14.17 ± 6.24 | 11.5 ± 6.18 | 0.024 | ||
| How much of your practice involves the care of patients with advanced (incurable) cancer? | Small proportion | 6 (15.4%) | 10(7.6%) | ||
| A substantial proportion | 13(33.3%) | 42(32.1%) | 0.308 | ||
| Most of my practice | 20(51.3%) | 79(60.3%) | |||
| PC Training | 17 (43.6%) | 48 (36.6%) | 0.457 | ||
| Duration of PC Training | ≤ one week | 8 (20.5%) | 44(33.6%) | ||
| One month | 4(10.3%) | 2 (1.5%) | 0.001* | ||
| ≥ six weeks | 5(12.8%) | 2 (1.5%) | |||
| Relevance of PC training | 18 (46.2%) | 44 (33.8%) | 0.003* | ||
| Available PCO models | Inpatient PC consultation service | Before | 3 (8.1%) | 14 (10.7%) | 0.767* |
| After | 39(100%) | 117(89.3%) | 0.041* | ||
| Regular palliative care outpatient clinic | Before | 4 (10.3%) | 11 (8.4%) | 0.747* | |
| After | 22 (56.4%) | 90(68.7%) | 0.180 | ||
| On-demand joint oncology-palliative care outpatient clinic | Before | 12(31.65%) | 14 (10.7%) | 0.003 | |
| After | 38(97.4%) | 118(90.1%) | 0.194* | ||
| Palliative care unit | Before | 1 (2.6%) | 2 (1.5%) | 0.537* | |
| After | 5 (12.8%) | 81 (61.8%) | < 0.001 | ||
| Weekends and holidays PMT inpatient ward round | Before | 0 | 0 | 00 | |
| After | 35 (89.7%) | 117(89.3%) | 0.999 | ||
| 24/7 phone calls for continuity of care | Before | 0 | 0 | 00 | |
| After | 23 (59%) | 74(56.5%) | 0.855 | ||
| Standalone PCC with 24 h services | Before | 12(30.8%) | 35(26.7%) | 0.684 | |
| After | 23(59.0%) | 74(56.5%) | 0.855 | ||
| Community-based palliative care or home health care | Before | 0 | 2(1.5%) | 0.999* | |
| After | 4 (10.3%) | 43(32.8%) | 0.007 | ||
| Does your Centre have a dedicated PMT consultation service? | 35(89.7%) | 119(90.8%) | 0.764* | ||
| Is the patient seen in the same day upon inpatient consultation? | All the time | 4(10.3%) | 20(15.3%) | 0.602 | |
| Mostly | 35(89.7%) | 111(84.7%) | |||
| Is the patient seen in same day in the OPD upon demand of the oncologists? | All the time | 2 (5.1%) | 6 (4.6%) | ||
| Mostly | 24(61.5%) | 89(67.9%) | 0.842* | ||
| Rarely | 9 (23.1%) | 24(18.3%) | |||
| Don’t know | 4 (10.3%) | 12(9.2%) | |||
* Fisher test was used