Table 2 Self-Confidence and knowledge related to topics
Topic | Self-confidence | Knowledge | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
“Confident” and “Rather confident” | “Rather not confident” and “Not confident” | Percentage of correct answers | ||
Basics of palliative care | 32,4% | 67,6% | 64.2% | |
Symptom control | pain | 78,7% | 21,3% | 44.4% |
dyspnoea | 81,6% | 18,4% | 72.1% | |
nausea and vomiting | 89,7% | 10,3% | 50.0% | |
delirium | 57,4% | 42,6% | 52.9% | |
the dying patient | 55,1% | 44,9% | 43.4% | |
Ways of drug administration | 60,7% | 39,3% | 20.6% | |
Communication with the patient | 85,8% | 41,2% | 77.2% | |
Considering the patient’s wishes | 76.5% | 23.5% | 83.9% | |
Euthanasia | 46,3% | 53,7% | 55.2% | |