The Impact of Pediatric Palliative Care Education on Medical Students’ Knowledge and Attitudes

Table 1

Social and demographic characteristics of respondents.

	Faculty of Medicine students, 𝑛=320		Division of Nursing students, 𝑛=55
	𝑛	%	𝑛	%
Gender
Female	105	32.8%	0	0%
Male	215	67.2%	55	100%
Place of living
Rural	39	12.5%	7	12.7%
Small town (<100.000 inhabitants)	66	21.2%	12	21.8%
Town (100–500.000)	37	11.9%	7	12.7%
Big city (>500.000)	170	54.5%	29	52.7%
Having children
Yes	265	83.1%	48	87.3%
No	54	16.9%	7	12.7%
Parents’ education level
Primary	4	1.3%	12	21.8%
Secondary	105	34.0%	24	43.6%
Academic	200	64.7%	19	34.5%
Medical profession in close family
Physician	105	32.8%	0	0%
Nurse	14	4.4%	10	18.2%
Pharmacist	11	3.4%	0	0%
Others	22	6.9%	0	0%
Religion
Catholic	278	87.1%	48	87.3%
Protestant	1	0.3%	0	0%
Orthodox	0	0%	0	0%
Muslim	0	0%	0	0%
Atheist	35	11%	7	12.7%
Others	5	1.6%	0	0%