ArticleJournal of global oncology2019
Evaluation of the Quality of Dying and Death Questionnaire in Kenya.
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- Factors related to good death from the perspectives of informal caregivers of cancer patients: a systematic review.BMC palliative care · 2025Pooled it
- Spiritual Care in Serious Illness: A Narrative Review of Low- and Middle-Income Country Evidence.Annals of global health · 2026Review
- Content validity of the quality of dying and death questionnaire- revised global-version in North American inpatient hospices.PloS one · 2026Article
- Assessing prioritization of a good death across Brazil, Italy, Japan, and the United States: A psychometric evaluation.Death studies · 2026Article
- Death and Dying in the Emergency Department: A New Model for End-of-Life Care.Journal of advanced nursing · 2025Article
- The quality of dying and death of patients with cancer from Shanghai in China from the perspective of healthcare providers: A cross-sectional study.International journal of nursing sciences · 2024Article
- Quality of Dying and Death of Patients With Cancer in Hospice Care in Uganda.JCO global oncology · 2023Article
- Protocol for the development and multisite validation of the Quality of Dying and Death-Revised Global Version scale.BMJ open · 2022Article
- Translation, Validity and Internal Consistency of the Quality of Dying and Death Questionnaire for Brazilian families of patients that died from cancer: a cross-sectional and methodological study.Sao Paulo medical journal = Revista paulista de medicina · 2022Article
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Abstract
purposeA culturally appropriate, patient-centered measure of the quality of dying and death is needed to advance palliative care in Africa. We therefore evaluated the Quality of Dying and Death Questionnaire (QODD) in a Kenyan hospice sample and compared item ratings with those from a Canadian advanced-cancer sample.
methodsCaregivers of deceased patients from three Kenyan hospices completed the QODD. Their QODD item ratings were compared with those from 602 caregivers of deceased patients with advanced cancer in Ontario, Canada, and were correlated with overall quality of dying and death ratings.
resultsCompared with the Ontario sample, outcomes in the Kenyan sample (N = 127; mean age, 48.21 years; standard deviation, 13.57 years) were worse on 14 QODD concerns and on overall quality of dying and death (
conclusionThe quality of dying and death in Kenya is worse than in a setting with greater PC access, except in interpersonal and religious/spiritual domains. Cultural differences in perceptions of a good death and the acceptability of death-related discussions may affect ratings on the QODD. This measure requires revision and validation for use in African settings, but evidence from such patient-centered assessment tools can advance palliative care in this region.
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