Table 3 Attitude of patients with advanced cervical cancer towards palliative care, 2019

Attitude towards suffering during the process of death

 Dying patients have little control over their treatment (N)

229

59.5

3.1

1.7

 Suffering is part of dying (N)

165

42.9

2.6

1.6

 Dying patients have the right to be free of suffering

260

67.5

3.8

1.5

 Talking about death can make people lose hope (N)

168

43.6

2.6

1.6

 Losing hope makes people die sooner

231

60.0

3.6

1.5

Sub-scale aggregate

252

65.5^b

3.1

0.6

Attitude towards treatment with morphine and anti-pain drugs

 Treating dying patients with morphine or other anti-pain causes addiction (N)

322

83.6

3.6

1.3

 Morphine or other anti-pain is offered only when there is nothing more that can be done (N)

314

81.6

3.5

1.2

 Morphine or other anti-pain can make death occur sooner (N)

332

86.2

3.8

1.3

Sub-scale aggregate

334

86.8^b

3.6

1.0

Attitude towards palliative care services

 It is better to die at home than in a hospital

155

40.3

2.8

1.7

 Receiving palliative care means patients are giving up on living (N)

328

85.2

4.0

1.3

 Palliative care can make patients feel better

215

55.8

3.5

1.5

 Palliative care can make patients live longer

216

56.1

3.5

1.5

 Palliative care is offered when nothing more can be done (N)

319

82.9

3.9

1.3

Sub-scale aggregate

291

75.6^b

3.5

0.8

Attitude towards palliative care physicians

 Most physicians know how to treat pain

265

68.8

3.8

1.4

 Caring for dying patients causes stress to doctors (N)

187

48.6

2.7

1.6

Sub-scale aggregate

316

82.1^b

3.3

0.9

Overall score

310

80.5^b

3.4

0.5