The moderating effect of attitudes in the relationship between knowledge and self-efficacy in palliative care among nurses: A cross-sectional, correlational studyopen access
- Authors
- Kim, JinShil; Heo, Seongkum; Yang, Jisun; Kim, Miyeong; Park, SeongHu; Cho, KyungAh; Kang, JungHee; Yi, Hani; An, Minjeong
- Issue Date
- Oct-2023
- Publisher
- PUBLIC LIBRARY SCIENCE
- Citation
- PLOS ONE, v.18, no.10
- Journal Title
- PLOS ONE
- Volume
- 18
- Number
- 10
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/gachon/handle/2020.sw.gachon/90203
- DOI
- 10.1371/journal.pone.0292135
- ISSN
- 1932-6203
- Abstract
- Provision of palliative care to patients with advanced chronic diseases or old populations is suboptimal, which results in unnecessary suffering of and burden to patients, caregivers, and society. Low self-efficacy in palliative care among nurses is a factor affecting suboptimal utilization of palliative care. Poor knowledge is a factor affecting low self-efficacy in palliative care of nurses. Attitudes may contribute to the relationship between knowledge and self-efficacy in palliative care, but these relationships have been rarely examined in nurses. This study aimed to determine whether nurses' attitudes moderate the relationship between knowledge and self-efficacy in palliative care. In a cross-sectional, correlational study, online or offline survey on self-efficacy, knowledge, attitudes, and covariates was conducted from 282 nurses in South Korea. PROCESS v4.1 for SPSS was used to address the study aim. Higher levels of knowledge (p = .048) and attitudes (p < .001), and the interaction term of knowledge and attitudes (p = .025) were significantly associated with higher levels of self-efficacy (F = 6.12, p < .001, R-2 = .152), indicating the moderating effects of attitudes. The relationships between higher levels of knowledge and self-efficacy were significant only in nurses with highly and moderately positive attitudes (R-2 change = .016, F = 5.11, p = .025), but not nurses with lack of positive attitudes. Our results supported the moderating role of nurses' attitudes in the relationship between knowledge and self-efficacy. To improve self-efficacy in palliative care in nurses, improvement in knowledge and facilitation of positive attitudes are needed.
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