Table 2.
Competence quartiles from the Professional Competence-CCPCN questionnaire scores.
| Competence Score Quartile | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variables | q1 | % | q2 | % | q3 | % | q4 | % | p-Value |
| N | 480 | 477 | 480 | 476 | |||||
| Emotional attitudes (%) | <0.001 | ||||||||
| eq1 | 149 | 29% | 146 | 28% | 134 | 26% | 85 | 17% | |
| eq2 | 110 | 24% | 123 | 27% | 127 | 27% | 103 | 22% | |
| eq3 | 127 | 25% | 122 | 24% | 128 | 25% | 126 | 25% | |
| eq4 | 94 | 22% | 86 | 20% | 91 | 21% | 162 | 37% | |
| University (%) | <0.001 | ||||||||
| Catania | 84 | 20% | 145 | 35% | 113 | 27% | 75 | 18% | |
| Messina | 203 | 25% | 167 | 20% | 192 | 24% | 254 | 31% | |
| Palermo | 193 | 28% | 165 | 24% | 175 | 26% | 147 | 22% | |
| Sex (%) | 0.13 | ||||||||
| Female | 360 | 26% | 344 | 25% | 331 | 24% | 330 | 24% | |
| Male | 120 | 22% | 133 | 24% | 149 | 27% | 146 | 27% | |
| Age (years) (%) | <0.001 | ||||||||
| 18–21 | 308 | 30% | 253 | 25% | 225 | 22% | 245 | 24% | |
| 22–25 | 87 | 15% | 156 | 28% | 180 | 32% | 143 | 25% | |
| 26–30 | 43 | 22% | 47 | 24% | 46 | 24% | 59 | 30% | |
| 30+ | 42 | 35% | 21 | 17% | 29 | 24% | 29 | 24% | |
| Academic year (%) | <0.001 | ||||||||
| First | 388 | 50% | 148 | 19% | 99 | 13% | 141 | 18% | |
| Second | 71 | 11% | 215 | 34% | 184 | 29% | 166 | 26% | |
| Third or + | 21 | 4% | 114 | 23% | 197 | 39% | 169 | 34% | |
| PC education (%) | <0.001 | ||||||||
| Compulsory theoretical training | 65 | 9% | 176 | 23% | 255 | 34% | 264 | 35% | |
| No | 355 | 43% | 218 | 26% | 139 | 17% | 114 | 14% | |
| Optional training | 58 | 20% | 78 | 27% | 73 | 25% | 83 | 28% | |
| Practical training | 2 | 6% | 5 | 14% | 13 | 37% | 15 | 43% | |
| Perceived degree of knowledge about pain management (%) | <0.001 | ||||||||
| Insufficient | 125 | 62% | 47 | 23% | 17 | 8% | 13 | 6% | |
| Sufficient | 84 | 35% | 78 | 33% | 49 | 21% | 27 | 11% | |
| Moderate | 158 | 22% | 211 | 29% | 215 | 30% | 133 | 19% | |
| Good | 95 | 14% | 133 | 20% | 185 | 28% | 247 | 37% | |
| Excellent | 18 | 19% | 8 | 8% | 14 | 15% | 56 | 58% | |
| Previous experience with dying individuals (%) | <0.001 | ||||||||
| Internship in another setting | 22 | 5% | 108 | 27% | 156 | 39% | 117 | 29% | |
| Internship in PC | 1 | 1% | 16 | 23% | 24 | 35% | 28 | 41% | |
| No | 318 | 34% | 227 | 25% | 182 | 20% | 198 | 21% | |
| Personal experience | 136 | 29% | 116 | 25% | 103 | 22% | 114 | 24% | |
| Working experience | 3 | 6% | 10 | 21% | 15 | 32% | 19 | 40% | |
| Previous bereavement experience (%) | 0.96 | ||||||||
| No | 71 | 24% | 75 | 25% | 77 | 26% | 73 | 25% | |
| Yes | 409 | 25% | 402 | 25% | 403 | 25% | 403 | 25% | |
| Current bereavement experience (%) | 0.78 | ||||||||
| I am grieving for a loved one who recently passed away | 64 | 28% | 50 | 22% | 54 | 24% | 59 | 26% | |
| I am preparing for the death of a loved one | 16 | 21% | 22 | 29% | 20 | 27% | 17 | 23% | |
| No | 400 | 25% | 405 | 25% | 406 | 25% | 400 | 25% | |
| Religion (%) | 0.08 | ||||||||
| Agnostic or atheist | 117 | 25% | 118 | 26% | 135 | 29% | 92 | 20% | |
| Catholic Christian | 349 | 25% | 340 | 25% | 330 | 24% | 367 | 26% | |
| Other (Muslim, Jewish, Protestant) | 14 | 22% | 19 | 29% | 15 | 23% | 17 | 26% | |