Table 6 factors associated with the desire to avoid caring for dying patients
From: General practitioner residents and patients end-of life: involvement and consequences
Yes (n = 139) | No (n = 386) | p | |
|---|---|---|---|
Quality of palliative care could have been improved | 78.4 | 72.5 | 0.17 |
Perception of unreasonable obstinacy | 58 | 60.2 | 0.65 |
Hurt by the perception of unreasonable obstinacy | 72.8 | 61.5 | 0.065 |
Resident satisfied with the quality of end of life care during their rotation | 52.5 | 72.8 | 1.21 × 10–5 |
The patient took part in therapeutic intensity | 62.6 | 59.1 | 0.46 |
No difficulties using and adapting analgesic and sedative drugs | 20.1 | 22.3 | 0.60 |
fear to shorten life by adaptation of end-of-life care treatments | 60.4 | 42 | 0.0002 |
Difficulties /avoiding talking about death with patient | 60.4 | 38.1 | 5.32 × 10–6 |
Difficulties /avoiding talking about death with patient’s relatives | 50.4 | 33.4 | 0.0004 |
Clinical duties impact their personal life | 78.4 | 63.2 | 0.001 |
Satisfied by the quality of their supervision | 39.6 | 57.5 | 0.0002 |
Wish to have a professional orientation in palliative care management | 12.9 | 20.5 | 0.05 |
Would like a of a systematic psychological support in at risk departments | 68.3 | 51.8 | 0.0007 |