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The Changes of Confidence, Accuracy and Knowledge of Medical Professionals after the Education for Survival Prediction in Terminally Ill Cancer Patients  

Park, Jun-Seok (Department of Family Medicine, Dongguk University Ilsan Hospital)
Baek, Na-Young (Department of Family Medicine, Dongguk University Ilsan Hospital)
Suh, Sang-Yeon (Department of Family Medicine, Dongguk University Ilsan Hospital)
Kim, Yu-Il (Department of Family Medicine, Dongguk University Ilsan Hospital)
Jeong, Hwee-Soo (Department of Family Medicine, Dongguk University Gyeongju Hospital)
Oh, Sang-Woo (Department of Family Medicine, Dongguk University Ilsan Hospital)
Sung, Nak-Jin (Department of Family Medicine, Dongguk University Ilsan Hospital)
Ahn, Hong-Yup (Department of Statistics, Dongguk University)
Seo, Ah-Ram (Department of Statistics, Dongguk University)
Lee, Yong-Joo (Department of Palliative Medicine, Seoul St. Mary's Hospital, The Catholic University of Korea)
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Journal of Hospice and Palliative Care / v.15, no.3, 2012 , pp. 155-161 More about this Journal
Abstract
Purpose: In this study, we evaluated the effects of training for survival prediction of terminally ill patients in terms of medical professionals' confidence, accuracy and knowledge of survival prediction. Methods: Twenty-nine participants completed a self-administered questionnaire where they scored their confidence, accuracy and knowledge of survival prediction before and after the training session. The training was provided in July 2009 at a university hospital located in Gyeonggi province, Republic of Korea. The participants were instructed by a professor of family medicine specialized in hospice palliative medicine to predict survival of a case using the palliative prognostic score and objective prognostic score. The training was provided in the form of a PowerPoint presentation for 40 minutes. Results: Participants' confidence in survival prediction significantly increased from $4.00{\pm}1.73$ ($mean{\pm}SD$) (0~10, visual analogue scale) to $5.83{\pm}1.71$ after the training (P<0.001). Before training, participant's level of confidence significantly correlated with their age (P=0.04). The training significantly improved the correlation between the confidence level and the number of terminal cancer patients whom they have experienced (P=0.005 before training, P=0.017 after training). Participant's accuracy in survival prediction also significantly improved from 14 of 29 (48%) to 27 of 29 (93.1%) (P<0.001). The change in knowledge of survival prediction was too small to be statistically analyzed. Conclusion: After training, the confidence and accuracy scores significantly improved. Further study with a greater number of participants is needed to generalize this finding.
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Prognosis; Education; Attitude;
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