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ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2021

Knowledge of Palliative Care in Ecuador.

Paula Hidalgo-Andrade, Guido Mascialino, Diego Miño, Matías Mendoza, Anna Belén Marcillo

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Article in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8citing papers in PubMed
5.3field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

8 citing papers in PubMed, 30 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Paula Hidalgo-AndradeSchool of Psychology, Universidad de Las Américas, Quito EC 170124, Ecuador.ORCID 0000-0003-1797-3258
Guido MascialinoSchool of Psychology, Universidad de Las Américas, Quito EC 170124, Ecuador.
Diego MiñoSchool of Psychology, Universidad de Las Américas, Quito EC 170124, Ecuador.
Matías MendozaSchool of Psychology, Universidad de Las Américas, Quito EC 170124, Ecuador.
Anna Belén MarcilloSchool of Psychology, Universidad de Las Américas, Quito EC 170124, Ecuador.
Universidad de Las Américas · EC

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Palliative care is a holistic approach to care for people with chronic, advanced, and life-threatening illnesses. It improves the quality of life of patients and their caregivers. However, there is still limited access to palliative care in many countries. Knowledge about palliative care is key to increase its availability. Thus, this article aimed to explore the knowledge of the general population about palliative care in Ecuador. The study had a descriptive cross-sectional design. Through snowball sampling, between September 2019 and January 2020, 257 people completed an anonymous online questionnaire about general and specific aspects of palliative care. Descriptive and ANOVA analyses indicate that people have many misconceptions about palliative care and how it should be provided. Gender, education, training, occupation, and experience as caregivers were related to the total level of knowledge about palliative care. Regression analyses show other variables as predictors of knowledge. This study highlights the lack of knowledge about specific issues within palliative care in the general population in Ecuador. It also shows the need to develop and implement education measures to fill these gaps and enhance access to palliative care in health systems.

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Palliative CareQuality of LifeCross-Sectional StudiesEcuadorHealth Knowledge, Attitudes, PracticeHumansEcuadoreducationknowledgepalliative care

Identifiers

PMID33946620
PMCPMC8124347
OpenAlexW3158137138

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