SRINAGARIND MEDICAL JOURNAL

Volume 36, No. 04, Month JULY, Year 2021, Pages 460 - 468

Knowledge, experiences and barriers in advance care plan for terminal cancer patients of family medicine residents

Passorn Rotpenpian, Petcharat Bunnug, Sawanee Tengrunsun

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the terminal cancer patients are increasing. Palliative care is going to be a major role, especially advance care plan. The family medicine resident is an important part of the members in the palliative care team. The aims of this study were to explore the knowledge, experiences and barriers in advance care plan for terminal cancer patients of family medicine residents. Methods: This was a mixed method study. Using the questionnaire was conducted among the doctors who were in residency training in family medicine in the year 2019 and this data were analyzed by statistical method. Semi-structured interview with purposive sampling was conducted and the data were analyzed using content analysis. Results: 78 respondents answered the questionnaire. The 94.87 percentage of these were in a good level of the knowledge and the 83.3 percentage of these had the barrier among this process. The most barrier was the imprecise prognosis of the disease, the patient’s family and the primary doctors, respectively. A sample of 7 family medicine residents complying with the inclusion criteria were recruited and interviewed. They were more acknowledged about advance care plan in the terminal care patients and learnt about obstacles within themselves Conclusion: There was a good level of knowledge in advance care plan for terminal cancer patients of family medicine residents. Each of them was the different experience, both enhancers and barriers, in advance care plan for terminal cancer patients. A new model of advance care planning in the terminal cancer patients by health care providers is established from this research.

Keywords

advance care plan; terminal cancer patients; knowledge; barriers; family medicine residents

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