Developing and Testing a Web-Based Survey to Assess Educational Needs of Palliative and End-of-Life Health Care Professionals in Connecticut
Schulman-Green D, Ercolano E, LaCoursiere S, Ma T, Lazenby M, McCorkle R. Developing and Testing a Web-Based Survey to Assess Educational Needs of Palliative and End-of-Life Health Care Professionals in Connecticut. American Journal Of Hospice And Palliative Medicine® 2010, 28: 219-229. PMID: 21057144, DOI: 10.1177/1049909110385219.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHealth care professionalsCare professionalsWeb-based surveyNational Consensus Project GuidelinesMultidisciplinary health care professionalsHealth care professionals' knowledgeQuality palliative carePalliative careLife careMedicine reportCareEducational needsSupportive resourcesFocus groupsCorrelational statisticsEducational initiativesProfessionalsProfessional knowledgeProject guidelinesInfluences on place of death in Botswana
Lazenby M, Ma T, Moffat HJ, Funk M, Knobf MT, McCorkle R. Influences on place of death in Botswana. Palliative & Supportive Care 2010, 8: 177-185. PMID: 20307368, DOI: 10.1017/s1478951509990939.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultAge DistributionAgedAged, 80 and overBotswanaCause of DeathChi-Square DistributionCross-Sectional StudiesDeath CertificatesFemaleHealth Care SurveysHome Care ServicesHome NursingHospital MortalityHumansLogistic ModelsMaleMiddle AgedMultivariate AnalysisOccupationsRegistriesResidence CharacteristicsSex DistributionTerminal CareConceptsPlace of deathCause of deathHome deathHospital deathUnknown causeDeath recordsDeterminants of placeFollowing independent predictorsLogistic regression analysisYears of ageNon-traumatic deathsHIV/AIDSIndependent predictorsMean ageVerbal autopsiesEvaluable samplesCardiovascular diseaseFemale genderLife careDocumentation of causeMultivariate analysisDeathRegression analysisMajority of peopleCause