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Improving patient knowledge of palliative care: A randomized controlled intervention study.

Elissa Kozlov¹, M Carrington Reid¹, Brian D Carpenter²

¹Weill Cornell Medical College, Department of Medicine, New York, NY, United States.

Patient Education and Counseling

|December 31, 2016

Summary

Brief educational interventions, including information pages and videos, significantly improved laypersons' knowledge of palliative care. This highlights the potential for accessible self-administered programs to enhance public understanding of palliative care services.

Keywords:

Education Education intervention Palliative care Palliative care knowledge

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Published on: August 1, 2019

Area of Science:

Palliative Care
Health Education
Public Health

Background:

Palliative care knowledge is crucial for patients and families.
Laypersons often lack adequate understanding of palliative care services.
Brief educational interventions may bridge this knowledge gap.

Purpose of the Study:

To evaluate the effectiveness of brief educational interventions in improving laypersons' knowledge of palliative care.
To compare the impact of video versus information page formats on palliative care knowledge acquisition.

Main Methods:

A web-based randomized controlled trial involving 152 adults.
Participants were assigned to either a video intervention, information page intervention, or control groups.
Palliative Care Knowledge Scale (PaCKS) was used to measure knowledge changes.

Main Results:

Intervention groups showed significantly higher PaCKS scores compared to control groups post-intervention (p=0.00).
No significant difference in knowledge improvement was found between video and information page interventions.
The study demonstrated a statistically significant increase in palliative care knowledge.

Conclusions:

Brief educational interventions, such as information pages and videos, are effective in enhancing laypersons' understanding of palliative care.
Self-administered educational materials offer a scalable approach to disseminate palliative care knowledge.
Further research into more intensive interventions may yield greater knowledge improvements.