Table 2.
The knowledge of palliative care and attitudes toward care of the dying among all nurses
| Questionnaires | Mean (SD) |
|---|---|
| Total PCQN scorea | 8.79 (2.79) |
| Category 1: Philosophy and principles | 1.21 (0.96) |
| Category 2: Psychosocial aspects | 0.50 (0.67) |
| Category 3: Control of pain and other symptoms | 7.08 (2.21) |
| Total FATCOD-B-C scoreb | 103.62 (11.07) |
| Subset 1. Attitude toward the interests of dying person | 22.88 (3.36) |
| Subset 2. Attitude toward caring for the dying person | 20.91 (4.01) |
| Subset 3. Attitude toward the necessity of family support | 17.67 (1.64) |
| Subset 4. Attitude toward communication with dying person | 13.18 (2.85) |
| Subset 5. Attitude toward fear of caring of dying person | 9.30 (2.78) |
| Subset 6. Attitude toward caring for dying person’s families | 16.42 (2.34) |
PCQN Palliative Care Quiz for Nursing (Chinese version). FATCOD-B-C, the Frommelt Attitude Toward Care of the Dying scale (Chinese version)
aThe full list of PCQN questions with all categories can be found in Supplementary table 1
bThe full list of FATCOD-B-C with all subsets can be found in Supplementary table 2