Effectiveness of the SHARE Model in Improving the Knowledge of, Attitudes Toward, Intention to Provide, and Initiation of Hospice Care Among Caregivers of Terminally ill Patients With the Eight Major Non-Cancer Diseases

Wen-Shiou Pan; Hung-Ru Lin; Miao-Yen Chen

doi:10.1177/00302228231214305

Effectiveness of the SHARE Model in Improving the Knowledge of, Attitudes Toward, Intention to Provide, and Initiation of Hospice Care Among Caregivers of Terminally ill Patients With the Eight Major Non-Cancer Diseases

Omega (Westport). 2023 Nov 8:302228231214305. doi: 10.1177/00302228231214305. Online ahead of print.

Authors

Wen-Shiou Pan¹, Hung-Ru Lin², Miao-Yen Chen²

Affiliations

¹ Care Service Team, Yilan County Long-term Care Services Management Office, Yilan County, Taiwan.
² School of Nursing, National Taipei University of Nursing and Health Sciences, Taipei City, Taiwan.

PMID: 37940122
DOI: 10.1177/00302228231214305

Abstract

Objectives: To investigate the effects of a care intervention on the knowledge of, attitudes toward, intention to provide, and initiation of hospice care among caregivers of terminally ill patients with the eight major non-cancer diseases.

Methods: A two-group pre-post-test randomized intervention design was adopted. The intervention group received the SHARE model intervention. The SHARE intervention was implemented once a week for 6 weeks, with each session lasting 20-60 min.

Results: The intervention and control groups differed significantly in mean post-test scores for knowledge of hospice care (t = -4.973, p = .00) and intentions to provide hospice care (t = -2.424, p = .02). In the intervention group, pre- and post-test scores differed significantly for knowledge of hospice care (t = -6.201, p = .000), attitudes toward hospice care (t = -2.848, p = .008), and intentions to provide hospice care (t = -2.781, p = .009).

Conclusions: The SHARE intervention improved knowledge of hospice care, intentions to provide, and initiation of hospice care among the caregivers of terminally ill patients with non-cancer diseases.

Keywords: attitudes toward hospice care; eight major terminal non-cancer diseases; initiation of hospice care; intentions to provide hospice care; knowledge of hospice care.