Abstract:
Objective To investigate the current status and influencing facctors of knowledge, attitude and practice of advance care planning (ACP) among medical undergraduates to provide the reference for ACP education and training for medical undergraduates and even all-disciplinary college students.
Methods The clinical medicine and nursing undergraduates in a university in Anhui Province were investigated using the general information questionnaire, knowledge, attitude and practice of ACP questionnaire, meaning in life questionnaire (MLQ), and death attitude profile-revised (DAP-R) in October to December 2022. The single factor analysis, correlation analysis and multiple stepwise linear regression analysis were used to explore the cognitive status and related influencing factors of medical students' ACP.
Results The ACP knowledge, attitude and practice scores of medical undergraduate students were 6.00 (3.00, 8.00) points, 3.92 (3.46, 4.38) points and 3.75 (3.13, 4.38) points, respectively. The gender of medical undergraduates, receiving palliative care courses, religious beliefs, MLQ score, natural acceptance and escape acceptance scores in DAP-R were the influencing factors of knowledge, attitude and practice of ACP (P < 0.05).
Conclusions Medical students in colleges and universities have lower cognition of ACP and higher behavior attitude and willingness, so relevant courses can be carried out to improve their ACP knowledge, attitude and practice level.