Research Article
A Mixed-Method Study on the Palliative Care Capacity of Social Workers in Flanders (Belgium): A Call to Expand Their Role
Table 1
Survey respondents’ characteristics (N = 352).
| General characteristics | Gender | Male | 11.4% (N = 40) | Female | 88.6% (N = 312) | Years of professional experience | >5 years (few experience) | 19.7% (N = 69) | 5–20 years (moderate experience) | 48.4% (N = 170) | <20 years (much experience) | 31.9% (N = 112) | Age | >25 | 9.9% (N = 35) | 26–40 | 47.7% (N = 168) | 41–67 | 42.3% (N = 149) | Organisational affiliation | Hospital social service | 42.3% (N = 149) | Health insurance service | 33.2% (N = 117) | Home care service | 13.4% (N = 47) | Nursing home | 9.7% (N = 34) | Community health clinic | 1.9% (N = 5) | Grade | Social work (BSW/MSW) | 81% (N = 285) | Social nursing | 19% (N = 67) |
| Contact with palliative care in education and professional life | Palliative care content in education curricula | Present | 45.8% (N = 189) | Not present | 54.2% (N = 160) | Continuing education on palliative care | Yes | 29.9% (N = 105) | No | 70.1% (N = 246) | Contact with palliative care in professional life | Full sample (N = 352) | Frequent (daily-weekly) | 59.1% (N = 208) | Less frequent (monthly) | 22.4% (N = 79) | Not frequent (yearly-never) | 18.4% (N = 65) | Hospital social service (N = 149) | Frequent (daily-weekly) | 65.1% (N = 97) | Less frequent (monthly) | 13.4% (N = 20) | Not frequent (yearly-never) | 21.5% (N = 32) | Health insurance service (N = 117) | Frequent (daily-weekly) | 61.5% (N = 72) | Less frequent (monthly) | 32.5% (N = 38) | Not frequent (yearly-never) | 6% (N = 7) | Home care service (N = 47) | Frequent (daily-weekly) | 42.5% (N = 20) | Less frequent (monthly) | 21.3% (N = 10) | Not frequent (yearly-never) | 36.2% (N = 17) | Nursing home (N = 34) | Frequent (daily-weekly) | 52.9% (N = 18) | Less frequent (monthly) | 26.5% (N = 9) | Not frequent (yearly-never) | 20.6% (N = 7) |
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