A Mixed-Method Study on the Palliative Care Capacity of Social Workers in Flanders (Belgium): A Call to Expand Their Role

Table 3

Highest type I disconfirmation scores between respondents’ attitudes regarding the performance of palliative care tasks and the frequency with which these are performed (N = 352).

Palliative care tasks	Type I disconfirmation score
(1) Starting a conversation about the end-of-life with clients from a different cultural background	29%
(2) Starting a conversation about the end-of-life with clients’ relatives from a different cultural background	28.9%
(3) Assessing the needs of clients from a different cultural background	26%
(4) Addressing structural problems in the guidance and support of clients	24.6%
(5) Recognising structural problems in the guidance and support of clients	22.9%
(6) Mediating conflicts between clients and their relatives	21.3%
(7) Advocating for relatives’ needs after the death of a client	20.7%
(8) Assessing the needs of relatives from a different cultural background	20.6%
(9) Reporting gaps in clients’ care plans	18.6%
(10) Recognising gaps in clients’ care plans	17.9%

Type I disconfirmation score: tasks that are considered important for social work practices (score 4-5 Likert scale) but not frequently performed in practice (score 1-2 Likert scale).