Knowledge of palliative care among residents of a university hospital

Abstract

Although palliative care can be applied in different situations besides neoplasias, it does not always find technical and scientific support from physicians. Thus, the objective was to evaluate the knowledge regarding palliative care among these professionals. Through an exploratory, descriptive, transversal and quantitative approach, the objective was to evaluate the knowledge about palliative care among physicians residing at the Federal University of Sergipe Hospital. For this, a questionnaire was created based on instruments from literature. The sample profile consisted predominantly of women (67%), professionals up to 29 years (59%), and up to four years since graduation (60%). Most physicians (78%) stated that they had not received enough information about palliative care during graduation. After analyzing all the questions, only 7% of the sample presented an excellent evaluation (accuracy in more than 80% of the questions).