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- Title
Survey of satisfaction regarding palliative care provided to patients who died at home or in a hospital.
- Authors
Katsuki, Masaaki; Nakamata, Momoka; Ezaki, Arisa; Yamanaka, Sayaka; Imamura, Sakiko; Honda, Chika; Kubota, Toshio; Moriuchi, Hiroshi; Irikura, Mitsuru
- Abstract
Background: Improvement in quality of life (QoL) of patients is one of the most important goals of palliative care, but evaluation of QoL of patients is difficult. Aim: To evaluate QoL of patients who died at home or in a hospital. Methods: We administered the Good Death Inventory (10 core and 8 optional domains) to the bereaved families of patients who died at home or in a hospital. A total of 107 bereaved families undertook a survey. Findings: If a bereaved family chose 'somewhat agree', 'agree' or 'absolutely agree', the answer was regarded as a 'satisfactory answer'. Regarding the 10 core domains, of patients who died in a hospital, <50% respondents gave a 'satisfactory answer' to three questions, whereas of patients who died at home, >60% of respondents gave a 'satisfactory answer' to seven questions. Regarding the eight optional domains, of patients who died in a hospital, <50% respondents gave a 'satisfactory answer' to five questions, whereas of patients who died at home, >60% of respondents gave a 'satisfactory answer' to four questions. Conclusions: QoL of patients who died at home appeared higher than that of those who died in a hospital. Patients prefer to remain at home rather than in a hospital, probably because at home they are surrounded by familiar things and can live according to their usual habits.
- Subjects
BEREAVEMENT; CUSTOMER satisfaction; DEATH; PALLIATIVE treatment; QUALITY of life; SURVEYS; DATA analysis software; DESCRIPTIVE statistics; MANN Whitney U Test
- Publication
International Journal of Palliative Nursing, 2020, Vol 26, Issue 6, p272
- ISSN
1357-6321
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.12968/ijpn.2020.26.6.272