Cuidados Paliativos en el Centro de Salud El Paraíso

Abstract

Abstract: Advanced chronic diseases at the first level require the development of strategies to improve the availability of palliative care. To develop an intervention strategy to improve knowledge related to the CPG of palliative care in Ecuador in the El Paraíso health center in the city of Machala. A quasi-experimental study was carried out. The study population consisted of 2 physicians, 2 nurses to whom the knowledge survey was applied, and 23 patients in need of palliative care t o whom the Edmonton Symptom Assessment Scale was applied. An educational intervention was carried out towards the health personnel that allowed to improve the level of knowledge and the intensity of symptoms from moderate to mild. The level of knowledge of the health personnel prior to the intervention was mostly medium and the symptoms assessed on the Edmonton scale were of moderate intensity. After the intervention, the level of knowledge about palliative care improved from medium to high, and the intensity of the symptoms went from moderate to mild in the patients. An educational intervention strategy was applied to improve the level of knowledge about palliative care among health personnel; doctors and nurses, was educated through the GPC of palliative care of Ecuador. It was found that after improving the level of knowledge in health personnel, a significant improvement in symptoms was achieved,.