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Evaluation of student knowledge of palliative care

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Margareta Begić , Edina Pulić , Tatjana Njegovan-Zvonarević , Želimir Bertić ,
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Mirjana Telebuh 1
1 University of Applied Health Sciences, Zagreb, Croatia
2 Faculty of Health Studies, University of Rijeka, Croatia
Introduction: There has been an increase in the number of patients in palliative care
due to better care for patients suffering from chronic diseases and cancer. Physiother-
apists and occupational therapists are indispensable members of the palliative care
team. The three-year curriculum at the Physiotherapy and Occupational Therapy De-
partments at university provides several courses covering basic knowledge of palliative
care. The aim of this study is to establish how familiar physiotherapy and occupation-
al therapy students are with palliative care and if they have different levels of knowl-
edge in this area. The way in which physiotherapy and occupational therapy students
gain additional knowledge of this topic and learn about palliative care will also be de-
termined.
Methods: 136 undergraduate occupational therapy students (OT) and 138 undergrad-
uate physiotherapy students (PT) at the University of Applied Health Sciences in Za-
greb participated in this study. All the respondents filled in an online questionnaire
about their knowledge of palliative care, which was created and made accessible on
the Google Forms platform.
Results: We expect that the results will provide a clear idea of the level of knowledge
physiotherapy and occupational therapy students of all three years of study have about
palliative care. The results of this study show similar levels of knowledge in physiother-
apy and occupational therapy students. The presented results indicate a small differ-
ence between the two study groups (PT and OT), but it is not statistically significant.
Conclusion: Results of this study could provide new ideas regarding formal and informal
training of healthcare professionals, primarily physiotherapists and occupational ther-
apists, in order to improve the quality of palliative care resulting in a higher quality of
life of patients in palliative care.
Keywords: students, physiotherapy, occupational therapy, palliative care izzivi na področju ergonomije, gibalne (ne)aktivnosti ... | challenges in human factors, physical (in)activity ...

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