Table 3.
Differences in “Extremely Important” Endorsements on Under-Utilized Skills by Professional Characteristics
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Setting |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Item | Hospital (n = 516) | Outpatient (n = 95) | Hospice (n = 96) | p* |
| 1. Telling patients how their illness may affect their life | 80.9% | 88.4% | 71.4% | 0.02 |
| 2. Considering patients' social situations when making treatment plans | 77.9% | 90.3% | 86.5% | 0.02 |
| 3. Not blaming or judgmental about lifestyles | 79.5% | 82.1% | 91.0% | 0.05 |
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Experience |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ≤12 years (n = 180) | 13–18 years (n = 160) | 19–27 years (n = 186) | 28–54 years (n = 179) | p** | |
| 1. Being comfortable with people who are dying | 82.7% | 83.7% | 78.9% | 94.5% | 0.007 |
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Training |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| None (n = 109) | <6 hours (n = 154) | >6 hours (n = 405) | p** | |
| 1. Being willing to talk about dying | 87.4% | 86.9% | 93.2% | 0.02 |
| 2. Not blaming or judgmental about lifestyles | 73.8% | 77.2% | 84.5% | 0.01 |
| 3. Being comfortable with people who are dying | 74.1% | 83.5% | 88.6% | 0.004 |
| 4. Making patients feel confident they will not be abandoned prior to death | 81.6% | 89.5% | 93.6% | 0.004 |
*
p based on pearson chisquare.
**
p based on kendall's tau-c chisquare.