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Health care personnel and the need for palliative care services in a University Teaching Hospital in Ogun State, Nigeria.

Authors: EZEOKOLI Rita

Publication Type: Journal article

Journal: European Journal Of Scientific Research

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The study assessed the knowledge and attitude of healthcare personnel on the need of palliative care services in Babcock University Teaching Hospital Ilishan, Remo Ogun State, Nigeria. Descriptive survey research design was adopted for the study. Stratified random sampling technique was used to select 100 respondents. Self-developed questionnaire tagged “knowledge; Attitude to Palliative Care Services” (KAPCS) was used to obtain information from the respondents. Four hypotheses were raised for the study. The data obtained was analyzed using descriptive statistics of frequency counts and percentages to answer the demographic information. Pearson Product Moment Correlation (PPMC) and Regression Analysis were used to test the hypotheses. Findings indicated a significant positive relationship between knowledge and attitude of healthcare personnel on palliative care (r = .0.507, P =.001). The result further showed a significant joint influence of healthcare personnel's knowledge and attitude on palliative care services (R2 = 0.184, F = 8.872, P <.05), while years of experience moderate the influence of knowledge and attitude on the need for palliative care services (f-value = 4.381, P = 0.017). No significant influence exist in the contribution of gender to the knowledge and attitude of healthcare personnel to palliative care services (f-value = 1.219, P = .923). The research concluded that, research in palliative care should be encouraged as this would help in the identification of palliative care needs in the country and subsequently improve standard of practice of the profession as well as care of the terminally ill.

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EZEOKOLI,R. . (2019). Health care personnel and the need for palliative care services in a University Teaching Hospital in Ogun State, Nigeria., 153 (), 188-188.

EZEOKOLI,R. . "Health care personnel and the need for palliative care services in a University Teaching Hospital in Ogun State, Nigeria." 153, no (), (2019): 188-188.

EZEOKOLI,R. and . (2019). Health care personnel and the need for palliative care services in a University Teaching Hospital in Ogun State, Nigeria., 153 (), pp188-188.

EZEOKOLIR, . Health care personnel and the need for palliative care services in a University Teaching Hospital in Ogun State, Nigeria.. 2019, 153 ():188-188.

EZEOKOLI,Rita , . "Health care personnel and the need for palliative care services in a University Teaching Hospital in Ogun State, Nigeria.", 153 . (2019) : 188-188.

E.Rita , "Health care personnel and the need for palliative care services in a University Teaching Hospital in Ogun State, Nigeria." vol.153, no., pp. 188-188, 2019.

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