Abstract
Need of the study: One of the important factors influencing a successful delivery of palliative health care is the health care professionals’ knowledge, attitudes, awareness, and experiences, which determine not only their procedure but also their behavior during evaluation and treatment of patients. Nurses play most valuable role in care of terminally ill patients. Along with nurses or health care workers, there is a real need that the care givers of terminally ill patients should also have the required proper knowledge about how to take care of the patients.
Hence the aim of this study was to know about the awareness among care givers of terminally ill subjects at a tertiary care hospital which would help the care givers to enhance their knowledge.
Objectives: The objectives of this study were
- To assess the awareness of care givers regarding care of terminally ill subjects.
- To find association between awareness and selected demographic variables.
Material & Methods: Used for the study is the evaluative approach with only study group. Study was conducted on sample of 25 care givers of the terminally ill patient. The data were collected by structured questionnaire. The data were analyzed using descriptive and inferential statistics.
Results: Majority of care givers 21 (84%) had average level of awareness towards the care of terminally ill subjects, whereas 1 (4%) of care givers had good level of awareness and 3 (12%) of care givers had poor level of awareness towards care of terminally ill subjects.
Overall there was average awareness in care givers towards care of terminally ill subjects.
Conclusion: There was significant association was found between education and awareness of care givers towards care of terminally ill subjects. On-going teaching and health education programs can further improve the awareness of care givers towards care of terminally ill subjects.
Keywords: Terminally, Care Givers, Ill, Palliative.
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Corresponding Author
Mrs Trupti S. Bhosale
Kimsdu, Karad
DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.18535/jmscr/v7i6.19
