Differences in attitudes and knowledge about palliative care of heath and non-health workers in the General Hospital Karlovac

Palijativna skrb je područje zdravstvene zaštite, a zadatak joj je sprječavanje i ublažavanje patnje bolesnika. Prema svjetskoj zdravstvenoj organizaciji palijativna skrb poboljšava kvalitetu života bolesnika i njihovih obitelji. Obitelj bolesnika se suočava s problemima vezanim uz po životno opasne bolesti, kroz prevenciju i olakšavanje patnje uz točnu procjenu liječenja boli te ostalih fizičkih, psihosocijalnih i duševnih problema. Način i pružanje palijativne skrbi unutar granica Europske Unije određen je preko Europske Udruge za Palijativnu skrb gdje su propisane obveze i načini pružanja palijativne skrbi. Medicinska sestra kao dio interdisciplinarnog tima ima nezamjenjivu ulogu u pružanju palijativne skrbi i njege pacijenta te mora biti praktički “voditelj” u psihosocijalnom, etičko moralnom i fiziološkom kontekstu kod pacijenta. Uloga je velika, stoga se mora imati i adekvatni stupanj obrazovanja da bi kvaliteta njege i skrbi bila što kvalitetnija. Cilj ovog diplomskog rada je ukazati na važnost uloge znanja o palijativnoj skrbi zdravstvenih i nezdravstvenih djelatnika te ispitati postoje li razlike u znanju o palijativnoj skrbi između zdravstvenih i nezdravstvenih djelatnika u Općoj bolnici Karlovac. U istraživanju se koristio anketni upitnik koji je konstruiran za potrebe ovog diplomskog rada. Upitnik se sastojao od 18 pitanja, a mogao se dati samo jedan odgovor. U ispitivanju je sudjelovalo 50 zdravstvenih i 50 nezdravstvenih djelatnika Opće bolnice Karlovac. Zdravstvene djelatnike su sačinjavale medicinske sestre i liječnici, a nezdravstvene su sačinjavali djelatnici Odsjeka za higijenu, dijetetiku i tehničke poslove. Očekivani znanstveni doprinos istraživanja ovog rada je uvid da zdravstveni djelatnici imaju veće znanje i pozitivnije stavove o palijativnoj skrbi od nezdravstvenih djelatnika Opće bolnice Karlovac.Palliative care is an area of health care, and its task is to prevent and alleviate the suffering of patients. According to the World Health Organization, palliative care improves the quality of life of patients and their families. The patient's family faces problems related to life-threatening illnesses, through the prevention and alleviation of suffering with an accurate assessment of the treatment of pain and other physical, psychosocial and mental problems. The manner and provision of palliative care within the borders of the European Union is determined through the European Association for Palliative Care, where the obligations and methods of providing palliative care are prescribed. The nurse as part of the interdisciplinary team has an irreplaceable role in providing palliative care and patient care and must be a practical "leader" in the psychosocial, ethical, moral and physiological context of the patient. The role is great, so there must be an adequate level of education in order for the quality of care to be as high quality as possible. The aim of this thesis is to point out the importance of the role of knowledge about palliative care of health and non-health workers and to examine whether there are differences in knowledge about palliative care between health and non-health workers at the General Hospital Karlovac. The research used a survey questionnaire that was constructed for the purposes of this thesis. The questionnaire consisted of 18 questions and only one answer could be given. The study involved 50 health and 50 non-health employees of the General Hospital Karlovac. Health care workers consisted of nurses and doctors, and non-health care workers consisted of employees of the Department of Hygiene, Dietetics and Technical Affairs. The expected scientific contribution of the research of this paper is the insight that health care workers have greater knowledge and more positive attitudes about palliative care than non-health care workers of the General Hospital Karlovac