Table 2. Comparison between community nurses' and doctors’ responses for their professional role in palliative care activities.
| Please state whether your role in the following areas of palliative care has changed during the COVID-19 pandemica | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Community nurses | GPs | P valueb | |||
| Total | 387 | ±95% CI (%) | 156 | ±95% CI ( %) | |
| Advance care planning | |||||
| Doing less or a lot lessc | 24 (7.2%) | 4.6 to 10.1 | 4 (2.6%) | 0.6 to 5.3 | <0.0001 |
| Stayed the samec | 154 (46.2%) | 40.4 to 51.8 | 49 (31.6%) | 24.7 to 38.9 | |
| Doing more or a lot morec | 155 (46.5%) | 40.9 to 52.2 | 102 (65.8%) | 58.1 to 72.8 | |
| Total | 333 | 155 | |||
| Anticipatory prescribing | |||||
| Doing less or a lot less | 7 (2.9%) | 0.9 to 5.4 | 3 (1.9%) | 0.0 to 4.5 | 0.82 |
| Stayed the same | 98 (41.2%) | 34.1 to 48.2 | 65 (41.9%) | 34.3 to 50.0 | |
| Doing more or a lot more | 133 (55.9%) | 49.1 to 62.8 | 87 (56.1%) | 48.2 to 63.7 | |
| Total | 238 | 155 | |||
| Symptom management | |||||
| Doing less or a lot less | 5 (1.4%) | 0.3 to 2.7 | 4 (2.6%) | 0.6 to 5.3 | <0.0001 |
| Stayed the samec | 141 (38.3%) | 33.8 to 43.5 | 108 (69.2%) | 62.0 to 76.4 | |
| Doing more or a lot morec | 222 (60.3%) | 55.0 to 65.0 | 44 (28.2%) | 21.0 to 35.4 | |
| Total | 368 | 156 | |||
| Support for family members and carers | |||||
| Doing less or a lot less | 14 (3.7%) | 1.8 to 5.5 | 8 (5.1%) | 1.8 to 8.6 | 0.01 |
| Stayed the samec | 116 (30.4%) | 25.9 to 35.2 | 73 (46.8%) | 39.5 to 54.5 | |
| Doing more or a lot morec | 252 (66.0%) | 61.2 to 70.5 | 75 (48.1%) | 40.4 to 55.5 | |
| Total | 382 | 156 | |||
| Bereavement support | |||||
| Doing less or a lot less | 31 (8.5%) | 5.9 to 11.4 | 15 (9.7%) | 5.2 to 14.6 | <0.0001 |
| Stayed the samec | 147 (40.5%) | 35.4 to 45.5 | 96 (61.9%) | 54.1 to 69.2 | |
| Doing more or a lot morec | 185 (51.0%) | 45.7 to 56.0 | 44 (28.4%) | 21.8 to 35.9 | |
| Total | 363 | 155 | |||
| Death verification | |||||
| Doing less or a lot lessc | 11 (3.7%) | 1.7 to 6.0 | 59 (38.1%) | 30.5 to 46.1 | <0.0001 |
| Stayed the samec | 98 (32.7%) | 27.0 to 38.1 | 69 (44.5%) | 36.6 to 52.7 | |
| Doing more or a lot morec | 191 (63.7%) | 58.1 to 69.6 | 27 (17.4%) | 11.7 to 23.5 | |
| Total | 300 | 155 | |||
| Death certification | |||||
| Doing less or a lot less | 8 (9.5%) | 3.8 to 16.7 | 15 (9.7%) | 5.3 to 14.4 | 0.52 |
| Stayed the same | 54 (64.3%) | 52.9 to 74.0 | 88 (57.1%) | 49.4 to 64.9 | |
| Doing more or a lot more | 22 (26.2%) | 17.4 to 35.8 | 51 (33.1%) | 26.2 to 41.0 | |
| Total | 84 | 154 | |||
| Palliative care for patients who do not have COVID-19 | |||||
| Doing less or a lot less | 9 (2.4%) | 1.0 to 4.1 | 6 (3.8%) | 1.2 to 7.2 | <0.0001 |
| Stayed the samec | 129 (34.3%) | 29.8 to 39.1 | 113 (72.4%) | 64.6 to 79.6 | |
| Doing more or a lot morec | 238 (63.3%) | 58.5 to 68.2 | 37 (23.7%) | 17.0 to 30.8 | |
| Total | 376 | 156 | |||
| Collaborative working with specialist palliative care teams | |||||
| Doing less or a lot less | 52 (14.1%) | 10.5 to 17.7 | 21 (13.5%) | 8.6 to 19.4 | <0.0001 |
| Stayed the samec | 148 (40.1%) | 35.3 to 45.3 | 92 (59.0%) | 51.0 to 66.5 | |
| Doing more or a lot morec | 169 (45.8%) | 40.7 to 50.7 | 43 (27.6%) | 20.7 to 34.9 | |
| Total | 369 | 156 | |||
aThose who gave the responses, ‘not my role’ and missing responses were excluded from the analysis.bχ2 test.cPairwise Z-test with Bonferroni correction, significant at <0.05 level.