Table 3.
Emotional attitudes quartiles from the FATCOD-B-I questionnaire scores.
| Emotional Attitudes Quartiles | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variables | eq1 | % | eq2 | % | eq3 | % | eq4 | % | p-Value |
| N | 514 | 463 | 503 | 433 | |||||
| Competence score quartile (%) | <0.001 | ||||||||
| q1 | 149 | 31% | 110 | 23% | 127 | 26% | 94 | 20% | |
| q2 | 146 | 31% | 123 | 26% | 122 | 26% | 86 | 18% | |
| q3 | 134 | 28% | 127 | 26% | 128 | 27% | 91 | 19% | |
| q4 | 85 | 18% | 103 | 22% | 126 | 26% | 162 | 34% | |
| University (%) | 0.0035 | ||||||||
| Catania | 129 | 31% | 104 | 25% | 105 | 25% | 79 | 19% | |
| Messina | 193 | 24% | 184 | 23% | 220 | 27% | 219 | 27% | |
| Palermo | 192 | 28% | 175 | 26% | 178 | 26% | 135 | 20% | |
| Sex (%) | 0.20 | ||||||||
| Female | 358 | 26% | 343 | 25% | 367 | 27% | 297 | 22% | |
| Male | 156 | 28% | 120 | 22% | 136 | 25% | 136 | 25% | |
| Age (years) (%) | 0.57 | ||||||||
| 18–21 | 290 | 28% | 243 | 24% | 268 | 26% | 230 | 22% | |
| 22–25 | 152 | 27% | 147 | 26% | 148 | 26% | 119 | 21% | |
| 26–30 | 42 | 22% | 47 | 24% | 52 | 27% | 54 | 28% | |
| 30+ | 30 | 25% | 26 | 21% | 35 | 29% | 30 | 25% | |
| Academic year (%) | 0.002 | ||||||||
| First | 234 | 30% | 167 | 22% | 183 | 24% | 192 | 25% | |
| Second | 169 | 27% | 171 | 27% | 174 | 27% | 122 | 19% | |
| Third or + | 111 | 22% | 125 | 25% | 146 | 29% | 119 | 24% | |
| PC education (%) | 0.013 | ||||||||
| Compulsory theoretical training | 173 | 23% | 187 | 25% | 218 | 29% | 182 | 24% | |
| No | 261 | 32% | 195 | 24% | 189 | 23% | 181 | 22% | |
| Optional training | 72 | 25% | 74 | 25% | 84 | 29% | 62 | 21% | |
| Practical training | 8 | 23% | 7 | 20% | 12 | 34% | 8 | 23% | |
| Perceived degree of knowledge about pain management (%) | 0.0025 | ||||||||
| Insufficient | 55 | 27% | 41 | 20% | 53 | 26% | 53 | 26% | |
| Sufficient | 75 | 32% | 56 | 24% | 61 | 26% | 46 | 19% | |
| Moderate | 192 | 27% | 193 | 27% | 187 | 26% | 145 | 20% | |
| Good | 174 | 26% | 157 | 24% | 180 | 27% | 149 | 23% | |
| Excellent | 18 | 19% | 16 | 17% | 22 | 23% | 40 | 42% | |
| Previous experience with dying individuals (%) | 0.505 | ||||||||
| Internship in another setting | 109 | 27% | 106 | 26% | 106 | 26% | 82 | 20% | |
| Internship in PC | 13 | 19% | 17 | 25% | 24 | 35% | 15 | 22% | |
| No | 252 | 27% | 217 | 23% | 242 | 26% | 214 | 23% | |
| Personal experience | 129 | 28% | 112 | 24% | 123 | 26% | 105 | 22% | |
| Working experience | 11 | 23% | 11 | 23% | 8 | 17% | 17 | 36% | |
| Previous bereavement experience (%) | 0.016 | ||||||||
| No | 85 | 29% | 54 | 18% | 74 | 25% | 83 | 28% | |
| Yes | 429 | 27% | 409 | 25% | 429 | 27% | 350 | 22% | |
| Current bereavement experience (%) | 0.805 | ||||||||
| I am grieving for a loved one who recently passed away | 61 | 27% | 59 | 26% | 51 | 22% | 56 | 25% | |
| I am preparing for the death of a loved one | 22 | 29% | 18 | 24% | 17 | 23% | 18 | 24% | |
| No | 431 | 27% | 386 | 24% | 435 | 27% | 359 | 22% | |
| Religion (%) | 0.428 | ||||||||
| Agnostic or atheist | 115 | 25% | 127 | 27% | 114 | 25% | 106 | 23% | |
| Catholic Christian | 385 | 28% | 321 | 23% | 371 | 27% | 309 | 22% | |
| Other | 14 | 22% | 15 | 23% | 18 | 28% | 18 | 28% | |