Table 4 Questionnaire survey on palliative care for students from a university training dental hygienists

1. Are you motivated for palliative care?

 Yes

19

45

22

 No

6

4

2

2. Did you take a lecture on palliative care at the university?

 Yes

21

29

23

 No

4

20

1

3. Can the knowledge gained in the lecture be applied clinically?

 Yes

20

27

20

 No

1

2

3

4. Are university lectures on palliative care enough?

 Yes

11

21

10

 No

4

24

14

5. What would you want to add to the university palliative care education? (multiple answers allowed)

 Lecture

13

27

15

 Exercise

12

21

11

 Hospital training

17

33

19

6. Do you think the social needs of dental hygienists in palliative care will increase?

 Yes

21

47

24

 No

4

2

0

7. Do you think you will be involved in end-of-life patients in the future?

 Yes

16

40

13

 No

9

9

11

8. The terms you know (multiple answers allowed)

 Mental spiciness

15

37

20

 Oral care for end-of-life patients

14

35

23

 Angel care

1

29

9

 Grief care

0

11

5

 Spiritual pain

2

15

4

 Death care

8

42

0

 Thanatology

2

2

0

Total number of participants

25

49

24