Author (Country of Origin), Year | Aim | Method, Sample Size | Findings |
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Wallace (Scotland), 2003 [10] | To investigate pubic knowledge and understanding of PC | Postal Survey, n = 668 | 32% had no knowledge and 49% had some knowledge of PC. Believed PC to be for patients with a terminal diagnosis of cancer |
Claxton-Oldfield (Canada), 2004 [11] | To evaluate people’s understanding of PC Atlantic Canada | In person survey, n = 89 | 75.3% had never heard of PC. Believed PC to be for patients with a terminal diagnosis of cancer |
Benini et al. (Italy), 2011 [12] | To examine the awareness of PC among Italians and their perception of the needs of patients with incurable illness | In person survey, n = 1897 | 40.6% had never heard of PC. Believed it to be non-curative, for terminal patients, and it improves QoL |
Hirai et al. (Japan), 2011 [13] | To explore public awareness, knowledge, and readiness for PC services | Survey, n = 3984 | 63.1% had no knowledge of PC, and only 0.5% were using PC services. 18.6% knew about PC but did not know their availability |
MacLoed et al. (New Zealand), 2012 [14] | To investigate New Zealanders views of and local hospice | Online survey, n = 1011 | Reasonable understanding of PC reported, seen to provide comfort to people with terminal illness |
McIlfatrick et al. (UK), 2013 [15] | To establish awareness and attitudes of the general public in Northern Ireland towards PC | Online and postal survey, n = 600 | 75% had little/no knowledge of PC, 83% had never heard of PC. Associated with older people and cancer with the aim of achieving a peaceful death |
McIlfatrick et al. (UK), 2014 [16] | To explore public perceptions of PC and identify strategies to raise awareness | Semi-structured telephone survey, n = 50 | Most had a general knowledge of PC, generally associated with dying and cancer. |
Boucher et al. (USA), 2018 [17] | To understand participant knowledge PC and acceptability a new community based PC model | Focus Groups n = 18 | Participants had varying knowledge of PC |
Roulston et al. (Canada), 2018 [18] | To gauge Canadian views on PC | Online survey, n = 1540 | 43% were “somewhat aware” of PC |
Yim et al. (Korea), 2018 [19] | To navigate public awareness of PC | Online survey, n = 1500 | 60.5% had no knowledge of PC |
Koslov et al. (USA), 2018 [20] | To measure PC knowledge in laypersons and how different socioeconomic groups perform on PaCKS | Online survey, n = 301 | Participants had poor knowledge of PC, with an average score < 50% on PaCKS. |
Shalev et al. (USA), 2018) [21] | To examine palliative and hospice care awareness, misperceptions, and receptivity among community-dwelling adults | Telephone survey, n = 800 | 73% were unable to define PC. > 50% had at least one misperception, most commonly was to associate PC with EOL care |
Westerlund et (Sweden), 2018 [22] | To investigate awareness of PC in general Swedish population | Online survey, n = 2020 | 41% had no awareness of PC and 43% had some awareness. |
AbdulRaheem et al., (Nigeria), 2019 [23] | To establish current levels of awareness attitudes towards PC among the general public in Nigeria | Survey, n = 564 | Knowledge came from personal experience working in healthcare or using PC. Gender (female) and previous experience positively influenced awareness |
Alkhudairi (Saudi Arabia), 2019 [24] | To evaluate awareness, knowledge, and beliefs of the Saudi adult population regarding | Online survey, n = 1987 | 16.2% knew what PC was, 22.8% had heard of PC, and 34.4% believed PC can reduce physical suffering |
Huo et al. (USA), 2019 [25] | To examine knowledge penetration of PC in adults | Survey, n = 3194 | 71% had no knowledge of PC |
Taber (USA), 2019 [26] | To explore knowledge and beliefs about PC among the general public | Survey, n = 1162 | Respondents who perceived themselves to know a lot about PC were often no less likely to report inaccurate knowledge or negative beliefs (versus accurate and positive, respectively). |