Assessment of the Nursing Home Manager's Knowledge, Attitudes and Beliefs about Palliative Care and Advance Care Planning Attitudes, Saudi Arabia 2022

Abstract

Background: Over the last two decades, the WHO advocated that palliative care should be considered as a public health issue, with calls for earlier integration of palliative care within the wider healthcare system to improve access and availability. Integration of palliative care into other parts of the health system, and more broadly into society itself, is supported by primary health care in Saudi Arabia, palliative care is recognized as a public health issue with the need for earlier integration in the wider healthcare system. However, research indicates that it continues to be accessed late in the course of an illness, public understanding of palliative care is limited, and common misconceptions prevail. Strategies to address this are needed in order to reduce barriers to palliative care delivery and improve access. Aim of the study: To Assessment of the nursing home manager's knowledge, attitudes and beliefs about palliative care and advance care planning attitudes in Makah al-mokarramah City, Saudi Arabia 2022. Method: Cross-sectional descriptive study has been conducted among Population in the nursing home care centers in Makah Al-Mokarramah at Saudi Arabia, the period from the April to June, 2022. Self-administered questionnaire is designed based on previous studies and frameworks Assessment of the Public knowledge, attitudes and perception of palliative care and advance care planning attitudes in primary health care.  The total sample has been (200) patients. Result: Show majority of the study groups were in the age range of (>50) years were (28.0%) regarding the gender many of the respondents were male (54.0%) while female were (46.0%) regarding Nationality the majority of the respondents Saudi were (64.0%) while Non-Saudi were (36.0%) regarding the Marital status, the majority of the respondents were married status were (42.0%) while divorced were (32.0%).  Conclusion: The study results reveal that there is lack of knowledge nursing home manager's about advance care planning  in patients the advance care planning, Palliative care is a patient-centered, integrated approach for improving quality of life for both patients facing life-threatening illnesses and for their families. Public knowledge, attitudes and perception of palliative care and advance care planning attitudes in primary health care need to improve through training using an  educational with tutorship, will an increase of knowledge.