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 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. Given the mostly non-technical nature of the training, improvements in the knowledge and behavior domains are, as expected, relatively mild. Nonetheless, participants had significantly increased their awareness and perceived importance towards end-of-life care, which was in itself a fruitful and important outcome.
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 Allied Health Professionals (Phase 2)
| Domain | Item | N | M | SD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Knowledge | Increase knowledge of EoL care Raise awareness of EoL care Improve skills in communicating with EoL patients and their family members | 249 97 39 | 3.55 4.10 3.95 | 0.68 0.53 0.56 |
| Attitude | Improve confidence in communicating with EoL patients and their family members Increase motivation to initiate EoL conversations | 190 39 | 3.32 3.87 | 0.62 0.61 |
| Behavior | Initiate more EoL conversations | 162 | 3.09 | 0.77 |
| Satisfaction | The training is relevant The training is important The training is useful The quality of the training is good | 266 266 263 263 | 3.59 3.56 3.53 4.06 | 0.76 0.73 0.75 0.78 |
Quantitative Evaluation Results of Training for Allied Health Professionals (Tentative Figures for Phase 3)
| Domain | Item | N | M | SD |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Knowledge | Increase knowledge of EoL care Raise awareness of EoL care Improve skills in communicating with EoL patients and their family members | 167 167 45 | 3.49 4.05 3.76 | 0.66 0.59 0.59 |
| Attitude | Improve confidence in communicating with EoL patients and their family members Increase motivation to initiate EoL conversations | 45 45 | 3.45 3.67 | 0.68 0.59 |
| Behavior | Initiate more EoL conversations | 45 | 3.23 | 0.72 |
| Satisfaction | The training is relevant The training is important The training is useful The quality of the training is good | 167 167 167 167 | 3.65 3.68 3.64 4.10 | 0.71 0.69 0.70 0.68 |