A Study on the Knowledge, Attitude and Behavior Intention of Inpatients toward Advance Directives
Date Issued
2009
Date
2009
Author(s)
Lin, Hui-Mei
Abstract
This study was conducted using a crossing-sectional research mothod.The purpose of this study was to discuss the knowledge, attitude and behavior intention of inpatients toward advance directives.The data was collected from designed structural questionnaire. From December 2008 to April 2009, 206 adult inpatients from the medical-surgical wards in five medical regional branch of united hospital in Taipei were included in the study. he results were as follows:1)The inpatients scored low on knowledge of advance directives. Inpatients tended to know more about definition and concepts of palliative care but didn’t know clearly about the laws and regulations regarding advance directives. 2)Inpatients tended to have positive attitude towards advance directives. 3)Among the results of inpatients’ behavior intention to advance directives, the possibility of “signing consents to palliative care” ranked first; the two important predict factors for inpatients to sign “consents to advance directives” were “attitudes towards palliative care” and “attitudes towards advance directives”. If the two factors are more positive, the motivation for behavior intention of advance directives will be stronger.4)71.6% of the inpatients are willing to see advance directives policy to be implemented in hospitals throughout Taiwan, and they agreed that information and notice voluntarily provided by medical professionals during in-hospital period as well as properly designed video or pamphlets are all good ways for the implementation of advance directives. he conclusion of this study was: the implementation of the advance directives policy requires more effective penetrations and educations to inpatients. The patient’s increasing knowledge and understanding of advance directives will positively influence their attitudes and consequently promote their behavior intention to give advance directives.
Subjects
Advance directives
inpatient
DNR
Palliative care
behavior intention
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