Knowledge of palliative care among residents of a university hospital

Abstract Although palliative care can be applied in different situations besides neoplasias, it does not always find technical and scientific support from physicians. Thus, the objective was to evaluate the knowledge regarding palliative care among these professionals. Through an exploratory, descriptive, transversal and quantitative approach, the objective was to evaluate the knowledge about palliative care among physicians residing at the Federal University of Sergipe Hospital. For this, a questionnaire was created based on instruments from literature. The sample profile consisted predominantly of women (67%), professionals up to 29 years (59%), and up to four years since graduation (60%). Most physicians (78%) stated that they had not received enough information about palliative care during graduation. After analyzing all the questions, only 7% of the sample presented an excellent evaluation (accuracy in more than 80% of the questions).

摘要：尽管姑息治疗（Palliative Care）可应用于肿瘤性疾病以外的多种临床场景，但临床医师并非总能为其提供技术与科学层面的支持。为此，本研究旨在评估此类临床医师对姑息治疗的认知水平。本研究采用探索性、描述性、横断面与定量研究方法，以塞尔吉皮联邦大学附属医院的住院医师为研究对象，开展姑息治疗认知情况的评估工作。本次研究基于文献中的调研工具设计了调查问卷。样本特征显示，女性占比67%为主要群体，年龄多在29岁及以下（占比59%），毕业年限不超过4年者占比60%。多数临床医师（78%）表示，其在校就读期间未接受过充足的姑息治疗相关知识教育。经对所有问卷题目进行分析后，仅7%的样本群体答题正确率超过80%，达到优秀水平。