Influencing factors of the attitudes of medical students towards palliative care under the Healthy China Initiative
Objective To understand the attitudes of medical students towards palliative care and the factors influencing these attitudes,in order to provide support for the promotion of palliative care education and development.Methods A stratified cluster random sampling method was used to conduct a questionnaire survey among 2 152 medical students from a medical u-niversity.Univariate analysis and binary logistic stepwise regression were adopted to explore influencing factors of the atti-tudes of medical students towards palliative care.Results The average score for the attitudes of the 2 152 participants in this survey towards palliative care was 66.63±9.05.Statistically significant differences were observed in the attitudes of medical students towards palliative care in terms of gender composition,age,health status,major,grade,palliative care ed-ucation,whether they were the only child,and whether they had taken the course Medical Ethics(P＜0.05).The results of the binary logistic stepwise regression analysis showed that gender,major,health status,whether they were the only child,and the receipt of palliative care education were influencing factors of the attitudes of medical students towards palliative care(P＜0.05).Conclusion Gender,major,health status,whether they were only children,and the receipt of palliative care education are all factors influencing the attitudes of medical students towards palliative care.Given this,schools,families,and society should promote the development of palliative care through simultaneous education,take multiple measures to guide them to face the dignity of end-of-life pain,and strengthen hierarchical education in palliative care from multiple di-mensions.
Medical studentsPalliative careAttitudesViews on life and death
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