Influence of Palliative Care Training on Nurses’ Attitudes towards End-of-Life Care during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Spain

Aim: This study aims to assess the influence of training on nurses’ attitudes toward end-of-life care during the COVID-19 pandemic alarm state in Spain. Design: Cross-sectional descriptive study. Data collection was carried out by means of an ad hoc questionnaire using Google Forms in April and May...

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Autores principales:	Encarna Chisbert-Alapont, Isidro García-Salvador, María Jesús De La Ossa-Sendra, Esperanza Begoña García-Navarro, Marisa De La Rica-Escuín
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Publicado:	MDPI AG 2021
Materias:	palliative care end-of-life care nursing education nursing training COVID-19 Medicine R
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:672f4ee3282148df927fc233e366eea82021-11-11T16:23:50ZInfluence of Palliative Care Training on Nurses’ Attitudes towards End-of-Life Care during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Spain10.3390/ijerph1821112491660-46011661-7827https://doaj.org/article/672f4ee3282148df927fc233e366eea82021-10-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/18/21/11249https://doaj.org/toc/1661-7827https://doaj.org/toc/1660-4601Aim: This study aims to assess the influence of training on nurses’ attitudes toward end-of-life care during the COVID-19 pandemic alarm state in Spain. Design: Cross-sectional descriptive study. Data collection was carried out by means of an ad hoc questionnaire using Google Forms in April and May 2020. The score of attitudes toward end-of-life care was used, to which sociodemographic variables and training in palliative care were added. Methods: Data were collected from 238 nursing professionals who had cared for COVID-19 and non-COVID-19 adult patients at the end-of-life stage in a hospital or nursing home. Results: Results showed that 51% of the nurses in the sample had training in palliative care. However, the percentage decreased to 38.5% among those who cared for COVID-19 patients and to 44.5% in those who cared for non-COVID-19 patients. In relation to attitudes about end-of-life care, more positive attitudes and a higher mean score were found in the trained group. Conclusions: Palliative care training is a key element in end-of-life care and is even more important in times of COVID-19. Impact: Although end-of-life accompaniment has been studied, few studies have included the influence of training on this during the pandemic. This study identifies key elements of accompaniment and training in a comparison of COVID-19 and non-COVID-19 patients during the pandemic. In relation to attitudes toward end-of-life care, the results showed a more positive attitude and a higher mean score in the trained group (3.43 ± 0.37 versus 3.21 ± 0.32), the difference being statistically significant (<i>p</i> < 0.001).Encarna Chisbert-AlapontIsidro García-SalvadorMaría Jesús De La Ossa-SendraEsperanza Begoña García-NavarroMarisa De La Rica-EscuínMDPI AGarticlepalliative careend-of-life carenursing educationnursing trainingCOVID-19MedicineRENInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Vol 18, Iss 11249, p 11249 (2021)
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spellingShingle	palliative care end-of-life care nursing education nursing training COVID-19 Medicine R Encarna Chisbert-Alapont Isidro García-Salvador María Jesús De La Ossa-Sendra Esperanza Begoña García-Navarro Marisa De La Rica-Escuín Influence of Palliative Care Training on Nurses’ Attitudes towards End-of-Life Care during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Spain
description	Aim: This study aims to assess the influence of training on nurses’ attitudes toward end-of-life care during the COVID-19 pandemic alarm state in Spain. Design: Cross-sectional descriptive study. Data collection was carried out by means of an ad hoc questionnaire using Google Forms in April and May 2020. The score of attitudes toward end-of-life care was used, to which sociodemographic variables and training in palliative care were added. Methods: Data were collected from 238 nursing professionals who had cared for COVID-19 and non-COVID-19 adult patients at the end-of-life stage in a hospital or nursing home. Results: Results showed that 51% of the nurses in the sample had training in palliative care. However, the percentage decreased to 38.5% among those who cared for COVID-19 patients and to 44.5% in those who cared for non-COVID-19 patients. In relation to attitudes about end-of-life care, more positive attitudes and a higher mean score were found in the trained group. Conclusions: Palliative care training is a key element in end-of-life care and is even more important in times of COVID-19. Impact: Although end-of-life accompaniment has been studied, few studies have included the influence of training on this during the pandemic. This study identifies key elements of accompaniment and training in a comparison of COVID-19 and non-COVID-19 patients during the pandemic. In relation to attitudes toward end-of-life care, the results showed a more positive attitude and a higher mean score in the trained group (3.43 ± 0.37 versus 3.21 ± 0.32), the difference being statistically significant (<i>p</i> < 0.001).
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author	Encarna Chisbert-Alapont Isidro García-Salvador María Jesús De La Ossa-Sendra Esperanza Begoña García-Navarro Marisa De La Rica-Escuín
author_facet	Encarna Chisbert-Alapont Isidro García-Salvador María Jesús De La Ossa-Sendra Esperanza Begoña García-Navarro Marisa De La Rica-Escuín
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title	Influence of Palliative Care Training on Nurses’ Attitudes towards End-of-Life Care during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Spain
title_short	Influence of Palliative Care Training on Nurses’ Attitudes towards End-of-Life Care during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Spain
title_full	Influence of Palliative Care Training on Nurses’ Attitudes towards End-of-Life Care during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Spain
title_fullStr	Influence of Palliative Care Training on Nurses’ Attitudes towards End-of-Life Care during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Spain
title_full_unstemmed	Influence of Palliative Care Training on Nurses’ Attitudes towards End-of-Life Care during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Spain
title_sort	influence of palliative care training on nurses’ attitudes towards end-of-life care during the covid-19 pandemic in spain
publisher	MDPI AG
publishDate	2021
url	https://doaj.org/article/672f4ee3282148df927fc233e366eea8
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Influence of Palliative Care Training on Nurses’ Attitudes towards End-of-Life Care during the COVID-19 Pandemic in Spain

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