Perception About Palliative Care And Factors Influencing The Likelihood Of Service Utilization Among Adult Cancer Patients In Tikur Anbessa Specialized Hospital Ethiopia.

Background:There is a significant global disparity on the provision of palliative care servicesrnfor individuals with life-limiting illnesses and palliative care remains an urgent, neglected needrnin developing countries. In Ethiopia, there is a paucity of information on the patient’s perceptionrnabout palliative care and the factors influencing the likelihood of service utilization among adultrncancer patients.rnObjectives: To assess the perception about palliative care and factors influencing the likelihoodrnof service utilization among adult cancer patients in Tikur Anbessa Specialized Hospital,rnEthiopia from January 1to March 31, 2019.rnMethods: A facility-based cross-sectional study conducted among 304 systematicallyrnselectedadult cancer patients in the cancer unit of Tikur Anbessa Specialized Hospital. A pretestedrnstructured interviewer-administered questionnaire was used for data collection.rnMultivariable binary logistic regression model was carried out to control for the potentialrnconfounders and to identify the independent factors associated with palliative care servicernutilization. P-value

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