The data collection instrument incl

The data collection instrument included four sections.
Section one: A socio demographic variables include (age,
gender, institution, ward, level of education, work experience,
experience of caring terminally ill and PC training).
Section two: before pretest the attitude was measured
through the original FATCOD questionnaire which consists
of 30 items however, after pre test the questionnaires were
reduced to 24 items because some of the questions were
difficult to understand and increase bulkiness of the questioner.
The tool has a 5 point Likert scale. This was used to
represent people's attitudes to a topic scored on 5 point
scale, i.e. 1 (Strongly Disagree), 2 (Disagree), 3 (Uncertain),
4 (Agree) to 5 (Strongly Agree). Twelve of the items were
worded positively, and twelve were worded negatively.
Thus, possible score range was 0 to 120. A higher score
indicates a more positive attitude toward PC. The third
section included knowledge questions which came from
the Palliative Care Quiz for Nursing (PCQN) using
questions with Yes, No, or Don’t know answers. A high
score indicates better knowledge [12]. The last section
had 12 practical questions which the researchers constructed
from guidelines and various literatures related
to PC practice.
A Pre-test was conducted on 10% (34) of the nurses in
one Governmental hospital in Addis Ababa. This helped us
to verify the validity and reliability issues. The questionnaire
was revised based on the findings of the pilot test.