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- Title
DEVELOPING A DIGNITY INSTRUMENT TO MEASURE THE OUTCOMES OF PALLIATIVE HOME-BASED CARE.
- Authors
Loubser, H. J.; Herbst, M. C.
- Abstract
This research sought to develop a palliative care measurement tool that could track and measure the rendering of care by informal caregivers to dying persons across the diversity of South African cultural and religious groups. This mixed method research led to the development of an instrument consisting of a one-dimensional domain, eight sub-items and 56 scores against which care can be numerically quantified on a radar graph. It is recommended that this tool be utilised to provide objective indications about the quality of home-based palliative care rendered to terminally ill patients.
- Subjects
CAREGIVERS; STATISTICAL correlation; DIGNITY; EXPERIMENTAL design; FOCUS groups; HOME care services; RESEARCH methodology; EVALUATION of medical care; MEDICAL quality control; PALLIATIVE treatment; CULTURAL pluralism; PSYCHOMETRICS; RESEARCH evaluation; QUALITATIVE research; QUANTITATIVE research; RESEARCH methodology evaluation; DESCRIPTIVE statistics
- Publication
Africa Journal of Nursing & Midwifery, 2010, Vol 12, Issue 2, p83
- ISSN
1682-5055
- Publication type
Article