Jockey Club End-of-Life Community Care Project
JCECC Capacity Building and Education Programmes on End-of-Life Care
Depending on the content and delivery modalities, various kinds of questionnaires were administered to the doctor participants to gauge the effectiveness of the training sessions. More specifically, participants responded to Likert-type items and indicated the perceived extent to which they had benefited from the training in accordance with the knowledge-attitude-behavior framework, as well as rated their level of satisfaction with the sessions. Results show that, in general, participants had improved knowledge and skills, and became more confident and motivated to initiate and conduct end-of-life conversations.
The following tables depict some of the evaluation results obtained from the second and third phases of the project.
Quantitative Evaluation Results of Training for Doctors (Phase 2)
| Domain | Item | N | M | SD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Knowledge | Increase knowledge of EoL care Clarify misconceptions about EoL care Raise awareness of EoL care Improve skills in communicating with EoL patients and their family members | 191 108 107 108 | 3.84 4.12 4.25 4.16 | 0.73 0.64 0.53 0.57 |
| Attitude | Improve confidence in communicating with EoL patients and their family members Increase motivation to initiate EoL conversations | 190 107 | 3.76 4.04 | 0.75 0.66 |
| Behavior | Initiate more EoL conversations | 188 | 3.65 | 0.80 |
| Satisfaction | The training is relevant The training is important The training is useful The quality of the training is good | 191 191 191 187 | 3.85 3.91 3.92 4.12 | 0.79 0.79 0.78 0.65 |
Quantitative Evaluation Results of Training for Doctors (Tentative Figures for Phase 3)
| Domain | Item | N | M | SD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Knowledge | Increase knowledge of EoL care Clarify misconceptions about EoL care Raise awareness of EoL care Improve skills in communicating with EoL patients and their family members | 132 132 132 132 | 4.24 4.15 4.33 4.26 | 0.60 0.60 0.62 0.61 |
| Attitude | Improve confidence in communicating with EoL patients and their family members Increase motivation to initiate EoL conversations | 132 132 | 4.00 4.08 | 0.71 0.76 |
| Behavior | Initiate more EoL conversations | 132 | 3.85 | 0.80 |
| Satisfaction | The training is relevant The training is important The training is useful The quality of the training is good | 132 132 132 132 | 3.92 3.92 4.00 4.22 | 0.71 0.71 0.64 0.62 |