Table 2. Attitudes toward hospice among nursing home staff who reported that they had taken care of a nursing home resident on hospice (N=1014).
| Survey Question | Total (n=1014) | CNAs (n=434) | Nurses (n=538) | SWs (n=31) | P-value* |
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| Hospice staff make my job easier by doing some of the care of the patient. (% always/often) | 534/984 (54.3%) | 223/425 (52.5%) | 291/530 (54.9%) | 20/29 (69.0%) | 0.11 |
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| Hospice staff are responsive when a patient has symptoms or is actively dying. (% always/often) | 712/978 (72.8%) | 295/418 (70.6%) | 390/532 (73.3%) | 27/28 (96.4%) | 0.01a |
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| Coordinating care plans with hospice providers is a smooth process. (% always/often) | 630/948 (66.5%) | 245/396 (61.9%) | 361/523 (69.0%) | 24/29 (82.8%) | 0.01a,b |
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| Hospice provides needed care at the end of life for nursing home patients and families. (% always/often) | 778/980 (79.4%) | 342/421 (81.2%) | 409/531 (77.0%) | 27/28 (96.4%) | 0.12 |
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| I have learned something new about taking care of dying patients from hospice staff. (% always/often) | 582/982 (59.3%) | 235/421 (55.8%) | 329/533 (61.7%) | 18/28 (64.3%) | 0.06 |
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| Patients and their families appreciate the added care hospice provides. (% always/often) | 821/979 (83.9%) | 353/423 (83.5%) | 440/527 (83.5%) | 28/29 (96.6%) | 0.18 |
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P-values are results from multiple logistic regression models for each question by position, adjusting for age and length of time worked in nursing homes. Observations missing either the outcome or covariates were excluded from the model on that outcome only.
a
Tukey-adjusted pairwise p-values comparing CNAs and Social Workers is significant at the alpha=0.05 level
b
Tukey-adjusted pairwise p-values comparing CNAs and Nurses significant at the alpha=0.05 level