Table 1 Participant characteristics (N= 458)
From: Care managers’ confidence in managing home-based end-of-life care: a cross-sectional study
n (%) or Mean ± SD | ||
|---|---|---|
Agency characteristics | ||
Agency ownership | Profit corporation | 168 (36.7) |
Social welfare corporation | 141(30.8) | |
Healthcare corporation | 87 (19.0) | |
Others | 65 (14.2) | |
Other health-care facility(ies) | Yes | 125 (27.3) |
in the same organization | Hospitals | 91 (19.9) |
Home nursing | 74 (16.2) | |
Number of FTE care managers | 0–1.4 | 116 (25.3) |
1.5–2.0 | 48 (10.5) | |
2.1–3.5 | 76 (16.6) | |
3.6 and over | 68 (14.8) | |
Number of clients / 1 month | 0–32 | 104 (22.7) |
33–59 | 105 (22.9) | |
60–97 | 107 (23.4) | |
98 and over | 104 (22.7) | |
Number of clients who had died at home / 6 months | 0–1 | 293 (64.0) |
2 and over | 152 (33.2) | |
Care manager characteristics | ||
Age (years) | 49.2 ± 8.78 | |
Gender | Female | 371(81.0) |
Professional background | RN, LPN, or PHN | 129 (28.2) |
Care worker | 228 (49.8) | |
Social worker | 50 (10.9) | |
Home attendant | 28 (6.1) | |
Others | 72 (15.7) | |
Years of experience in background profession | 0–7 | 180 (39.3) |
8–12 | 126 (27.5) | |
13 and over | 148 (32.3) | |
Additional responsibility other than care management | Yes | 116 (25.3) |
Years since gaining a care manager license | 0–3 | 62 (13.5) |
4–5 | 96 (21.0) | |
6–8 | 138 (30.1) | |
9 and over | 140 (30.6) | |
Number of end-of-life cases experienced | 0–1 | 106 (23.1) |
2–3 | 106 (23.1) | |
4–10 | 143 (31.2) | |
11 and over | 68 (14.8) | |
Previous experience of working in medical facility | Yes | 286 (62.4) |
Confidence in managing home-based end-of-life care | Not confident | 25 (5.5) |
Not very confident | 92 (20.1) | |
Somewhat confident | 155 (33.8) | |
Confident | 186 (40.6) |