Table 2 Characteristics of studies and study participants on attitude of nurses towards palliative care and its associated factors in Ethiopia
Author/Publication year | Region | Sample size | Favorable attitude (%) | Level of education (%) | Work experience in year (%) | Experience in caring chronically ill patients (%) | Training on palliative care (%) | Good knowledge about palliative care (%) | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Diploma | Degree | < 5 | 5–10 | > 10 | Daily | Once /week | Once/month | Few/year | Never | Yes | No | |||||
Abate et al., 2019 | Amhara | 331 | 70.7 | 13.6 | 86.4 | 69.5 | 23.3 | 7.3 | 46.2 | 23.6 | 14.5 | 1.2 | 14.5 | 18.7 | 81.3 | 38.97 |
Getie A et al., 2020 | Amhara | 226 | 44.2 | 41.2 | 58.8 | 64.2 | 28.8 | 7.1 | 35.4 | 11.9 | 17.3 | 15.9 | 19.5 | 26.1 | 73.9 | 59.73 |
Anteneh S et al., 2016 | Amhara | 352 | 53.4 | 42.0 | 58.0 | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | 53.13 |
Tesfaye et al., 2018 | Oromia | 237 | 79.3 | 44.7 | 55.3 | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | 58.23 |
Zeru et al., 2020 | Tigray | 355 | 56.3 | 47.6 | 52.4 | 38.3 | 29.6 | 32.1 | 46.5 | 22.3 | 4.8 | 11.3 | 15.2 | 75.2 | 24.8 | 62.82 |
Gedamu S et al., 2019 | Addis Ababa | 392 | 84.4 | 14.5 | 85.5 | 64.0 | 24.7 | 11.2 | 69.1 | 14.3 | 4.6 | 9.4 | 2.6 | 28.6 | 71.4 | 26.53 |
Kassa H et al., 2014 | Addis Ababa | 341 | 76.0 | 49.9 | 50.1 | 53.4 | 20.5 | 26.1 | 54.5 | 20.5 | 7.9 | 9.7 | 7.3 | 21.7 | 78.3 | 30.50 |
Meaza D et al., 2015 | Oromia | 197 | 88.3 | Â | Â | 53.3 | 20.8 | 25.9 | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | 29.4 | 70.6 | 55.84 |
Aytenew et al., 2022 | Amhara | 387 | 29.5 | 37.5 | 62.5 | 56.8 | 33.6 | 9.6 | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | 100 | 21.45 |
Etafa W et al., 2020 | Oromia | 372 | 50.8 | 18.5 | 81.5 | 52.7 | 34.1 | 13.2 | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | Â | 51.88 |
Zeru et al., 2020 | Tigray | 278 | 93.9 | 43.2 | 56.8 | 43.2 | 27.0 | 29.9 | 41.4 | 22.3 | 7.9 | 9.0 | 0.0 | Â | Â | 25.18 |