Table 1.

Participant characteristics

	Physicians (n = 44)	Nurses (n = 156)	p-value
Years’ Experience* n(%) selecting
< 5 Years	22 (48.9)	32 (20.5)
> 5 to 10 Years	15 (33.3)	65 (41.7)	0.001
>  10 to 20 Years	5 (11.4)	50 (32.1)
>  20 years	2 (4.4)	9 (5.8)
At least “frequently” interacts with terminally ill patients* n(%) agree	35 (79.5)	111 (71.2)	0.268
Where did you first learn of palliative care?* n(%) selecting
Medical or Nursing School	33 (76.7)	88 (58.3)
Workplace	7 (16.3)	62 (41.1)	0.002
Family or friends	2 (4.7)	1 (0.7)
Media	1 (2.3)	0 (0.0)
Are you aware of any palliative care services in your hospital/institution?* n(%) yes
When you hear of the term hospice, what do you first think of?* n(%) selecting	43 (97.7)	143 (94.7)	0.400
A place for cancer patients	0 (0.0)	14 (9.0)
A place where all hope is lost	2 (4.5)	6 (3.8)	0.109
A place for pain medication titration and control	4 (9.1)	5 (3.2)
A place for palliation and optimising quality of life	38 (86.4)	128 (82.1)
A place for elderly patients	0 (0.0)	3 (1.9)

† Based on the following options: “very frequent”; “frequent”; “occasionally”; “rarely”; “never”

All p-values for * obtained from chi square test