Knowledge on Palliative Care and Associated Factors among Nurses in Ethiopia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Table 2

Study characteristics included in the review and meta-analysis on nurse’s knowledge about palliative care and associated factors in Ethiopia. 

Region	Sample size	Level of education		Experience in caring chronically ill patients					Palliative care training		Knowledge (%)	NOS
		Diploma	B.S.	Daily	Once/week	Once/month	Few/year	Never	Yes	No
Tigri	278	120	158	115	62	22	25	54	—	—	25.18	8
Tigri	355	169	186	165	79	17	40	54	267	88	62.82	8
Addis Ababa	341	170	171	186	70	27	33	25	74	267	30.50	9
Amhara	226	93	133	80	27	39	36	44	59	167	59.73	8
Amhara	331	45	286	153	78	48	4	48	62	269	38.97	7
Amhara	352	148	204	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	53.13	7
Harar	197	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	58	139	55.84	8
Oromia	237	106	131	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	58.23	8
Addis Ababa	392	57	335	271	56	18	37	10	112	280	26.53	8

NOS : Newcastle-Ottawa Scale; B.S. : Bachelor of Science.