ABSTRACT

Palliative care has been one of the maximum swiftly developing fields of fitness care with inside the beyond decade. The destiny of palliative care consists of greater penetration into different fields together with nephrology, neurology, and surgery. The Aim of the study is to evaluate the Awareness, Knowledge and Attitude about Palliative Care among general population. The objectives of this study are Palliative care aims to improve quality of life from every different angle & to keep pain to a minimum level, using clinical methods, to treat symptoms and improve health where possible. The secondary objective is to offer a support to help patients live as actively as possible until death. A Questionnaire to evaluate the Awareness, Knowledge and Attitude on Palliative care. Around 226 participants responded to the study questionnaire. Out of which, last 8 participants responses were excluded as the calculated sample size for the study was 218. In this study, Palliative care is an approach that improves the quality of life of patients and their families fronting the problem associated with life-threatening infection. This study shows that even though percentage of compassion is in par with both general population awareness and knowledge are insufficient to implement changes to decrease morbidity before mortality in palliative care. Keywords: Palliative care, supportive care, Hospice care, Cost avoidance, Medical economics
Publication date: 01/06/2023

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https://doi.org/10.31032/IJBPAS/2023/12.6.6965