Improving patient knowledge of palliative care: A randomized controlled intervention study |
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| Institution: | 1. Washington University in St. Louis, Department of Psychological & Brain Sciences, St. Louis, MO, United States;2. Weill Cornell Medical College, Department of Medicine, New York, NY, United States;1. Division of Neonatology, Department of Pediatrics, Children’s Medical Center, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran;2. Center for Nursing Care Research, Iran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran;3. Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Tehran University of Medical Sciences (TUMS), and Neonatal Health Research Center (Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences),Tehran, Iran;4. Faculty of Nursing and Midwifery, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran;5. Nursing and Family Medicine University of Wisconsin Madison, USA;1. Northwestern University, Department of Communication Studies, Chicago, IL 60611, USA;2. Moffitt Cancer Center, Health Outcomes and Behavior, Tampa, FL 33612, USA;1. Gastrointestinal Unit, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts;3. Division of Hematology-Oncology, Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts;4. Department of Medicine, Newton-Wellesley Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts;6. Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts |
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| Abstract: | ObjectivesTo determine if laypersons’ knowledge about palliative care can improve with a brief education intervention.Methods152 adults were recruited to participate in a web-based randomized intervention trial that followed a 2 (content) × 2 (format) between-subjects design. Groups received either a video intervention, an information page intervention, a video control, or an information page control. An ANCOVA with contrast coding of two factors was utilized to assess if knowledge, as measured by the Palliative Care Knowledge Scale (PaCKS), increased post intervention.ResultsThere was a significant difference between intervention group means and control group means on PaCKS scores from T1 to T2 F(1, 139) = 11.10, p = 0.00, ηp2 = 0.074. There was no significant difference in PaCKS change scores between the video intervention and information page intervention.ConclusionsThis study demonstrates that an information page and a brief video can improve knowledge of palliative care in laypersons.Practice implicationsSelf-administered educational interventions could be made available in diverse settings in order to reach patients and their families who may benefit from but are unaware of palliative care. Interventions more intensive than the one tested in this study might result in even more significant improvements in knowledge. |
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| Keywords: | Palliative care Education Palliative care knowledge Education intervention |
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