Knowledge of Palliative Care and Advance Directives Among Speech–Language Pathology Students

IF 1.8 4区医学 Q1 LINGUISTICS

Topics in Language Disorders Pub Date : 2020-07-01 DOI:10.1097/TLD.0000000000000224

N. Mahendra, M. Alonso

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Abstract

Palliative care is specialized medical care offered to persons with serious health conditions, with the goal to relieve or prevent pain and suffering, to manage burdensome symptoms, and to optimize as much as possible the quality of life of patients and their families (Institute of Medicine, 2015) Speech–language pathologists (SLPs) are not always recognized as key members of palliative care teams and speech–language pathology students seldom receive training in palliative care Yet, SLPs often have an influential role in ensuring that patients with cognitive–communicative and swallowing impairments have the best possible communicative access and quality of life, regardless of the severity of their diagnosis The purpose of this study is to report on 110 speech pathology students' awareness and knowledge about palliative care concepts and of the role of SLPs in palliative care This study utilized a participatory design approach for survey development to study student awareness and knowledge of select palliative care topics Study results revealed SLP students' high exposure to the construct of quality of life, with notably limited knowledge of and exposure to palliative care and advance directives Furthermore, SLP students frequently reported being familiar with a concept or term and yet were unable to explain the concept accurately These data were analyzed and offer critical insights into curriculum design for training SLP students about palliative care

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言语-语言病理学专业学生的姑息治疗知识和高级指导

姑息治疗是为有严重健康状况的人提供的专业医疗护理，目的是减轻或预防疼痛和痛苦，控制沉重的症状，并尽可能优化患者及其家人的生活质量（医学研究所，2015）言语病理学家并不总是被认为是姑息治疗团队的关键成员，言语病理学学生很少接受姑息治疗培训。然而，SLP通常在确保认知-沟通和吞咽障碍患者获得尽可能好的沟通渠道和生活质量方面发挥着重要作用，本研究的目的是报告110名言语病理学学生对姑息治疗概念和SLP在姑息治疗中的作用的认识和知识学生对生活质量结构的高度接触，对姑息治疗和预先指示的了解和接触明显有限。此外，SLP学生经常报告说，他们熟悉一个概念或术语，但无法准确解释这个概念。这些数据经过分析，为SLP学生的姑息治疗培训课程设计提供了重要见解

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Topics in Language Disorders Multiple-

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期刊介绍： Topics in Language Disorders (TLD) is a double-blind peer-reviewed topical journal that has dual purposes: (1) to serve as a scholarly resource for researchers and clinicians who share an interest in spoken and written language development and disorders across the lifespan, with a focus on interdisciplinary and international concerns; and (2) to provide relevant information to support theoretically sound, culturally sensitive, research-based clinical practices.