Background. Palliative care is a multidisciplinary team-based care for patients facing life-threatening illness and their families which addresses their physical, psychological, social, and spiritual needs to improve the quality of care. There is a strategy for an increase in palliative care services by integrating with the healthcare system. Therefore, this systematic review and meta-analysis was aimed to assess the overall pooled prevalence of nurses’ knowledge towards palliative care in Ethiopia. Method. PubMed/MEDLINE, HINARI, EMBASE, Scopus, Google Scholar, and African Journals OnLine (AJOL) were the databases used to search for articles. Cochrane I² statistics and Egger’s test were done to check heterogeneity and publication bias, respectively. Subgroup analysis by region, study period, and sample size was done due to the presence of heterogeneity. Sensitivity analysis was also done to detect the presence or absence of an influential study. Result. Nine studies with a total of 2709 study participants were included in the final analysis. The overall pooled prevalence of nurses’ knowledge towards palliative care was 45.57% (95% CI: 35.27–55.87). Educational status and palliative care training were significantly associated factors with the level of nurses’ knowledge towards palliative care. B.S. degree holder nurses (AOR = 3.01; 95% CI: 1.50–6.02) and nurses who had palliative care training (AOR = 4.64; 95% CI: 2.37–9.08) were found to be significantly associated factors with the nurses’ level of knowledge. Conclusion. More than half of nurses had poor knowledge of palliative care. Educational status of nurses and palliative care training were significantly associated factors with the nurses’ level of knowledge about palliative care. Therefore, palliative care training and improving nurses’ careers through continuous professional development should be focused on regularly to improve nurses’ knowledge about palliative care.

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埃塞俄比亚护士对姑息治疗及相关因素的了解：系统回顾和荟萃分析

背景。姑息治疗是一种基于多学科团队的护理，为面临危及生命的疾病的患者及其家人提供护理，满足他们的身体、心理、社会和精神需求，以提高护理质量。有一项通过与医疗保健系统整合来增加姑息治疗服务的战略。因此，这项系统回顾和荟萃分析旨在评估埃塞俄比亚护士对姑息治疗知识的总体汇总流行率。方法。PubMed/MEDLINE、HINARI、EMBASE、Scopus、Google Scholar 和 African Journals OnLine (AJOL) 是用于搜索文章的数据库。Cochrane I ²统计和 Egger 检验分别用于检查异质性和发表偏倚。由于异质性的存在，按地区、研究时期和样本量进行亚组分析。还进行了敏感性分析，以检测是否存在有影响力的研究。结果。最终分析纳入了 9 项研究，共计 2709 名研究参与者。护士对姑息治疗知识的总体掌握率为 45.57% (95% CI: 35.27–55.87)。教育状况和姑息治疗培训是与护士对姑息治疗知识水平显着相关的因素。研究发现，拥有学士学位的护士（AOR = 3.01；95% CI：1.50–6.02）和接受过姑息治疗培训的护士（AOR = 4.64；95% CI：2.37–9.08）与护士的姑息治疗水平显着相关。知识。结论。超过一半的护士对姑息治疗知之甚少。护士受教育程度和姑息治疗培训是护士姑息治疗知识水平显着相关的因素。因此，应定期开展姑息治疗培训，并通过持续的专业发展来改善护士的职业生涯，以提高护士对姑息治疗的了解。