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- Title
Factors affecting need and utilization of palliative care services among Ethiopian women in an oncology department: A hospital-based cross-sectional study.
- Authors
Fetene, Deriba; Taylor, Lesley; Ferrell, Betty; Deribe, Bedilu; Abdella, Jabir; Aynalem, Amdehiwot
- Abstract
Background: Palliative care, which aims to alleviate physical and emotional distress from cancer, is underutilized in many African healthcare systems. Therefore, there is a lack of data on the need and utilization of palliative care services among women with breast cancer in Ethiopia. Objectives: The goal of this study was to identify the level of need and utilization of palliative care services and identify associated factors among women in an oncology department of Hawassa comprehensive and specialized hospitals. Design: Hospital-based cross-sectional study. Methods: A total of 121 women age ⩾18 years old with breast cancer participated from 1 August to 30 October 2021. A hospital-based consecutive sampling technique was used. Data regarding the need and utilization of palliative care services were collected via questionnaire and interview, entered using EpiData 4.6.0.6, and analyzed by SPSS version 25. Variables with p < 0.25 were considered for multivariate analysis, and those with p < 0.05 indicate an association with palliative care utilization. Result: Seventy-two (59.5%) had worse utilization of palliative care services, with higher odds in rural areas (adjusted odds ratio = 11.82). Conclusion: The study findings indicated that more than half of the study participants had worse utilization of palliative care services, with rural living being a contributing factor.
- Subjects
ETHIOPIA; BREAST tumor treatment; MEDICAL care use; CROSS-sectional method; RESPITE care; PALLIATIVE treatment; WOMEN; INTERVIEWING; QUESTIONNAIRES; LOGISTIC regression analysis; ONCOLOGY; CANCER patients; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; MULTIVARIATE analysis; ODDS ratio; RURAL conditions; MEDICAL needs assessment; DATA analysis software; CONFIDENCE intervals; TUMOR classification; COUNSELING; ETHIOPIANS; HOSPITAL wards
- Publication
Palliative Care & Social Practice, 2024, p1
- ISSN
2632-3524
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1177/26323524241253625