ArticleSupportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer2020
The quality of care of the dying in hospital-next-of-kin perspectives.
Article in Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. An erratum has been issued. Cited by 3 papers.
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- The Challenges of Advance Care Planning for Acute Care Registered Nurses.The Canadian journal of nursing research = Revue canadienne de recherche en sciences infirmieres · 2024Article
- Specialist palliative care until the very end of life - reports of family caregivers and the multiprofessional team.BMC palliative care · 2023Article
- Generating key practice points that enable optimal palliative care in acute hospitals: Results from the OPAL project's mid-point meta-inference.International journal of nursing studies advances · 2021Article
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- Erratum issued
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Abstract
purposeProviding high-quality care for the dying is essential in palliative care. Quality of care can be checked, compared, and improved by assessing responses from bereaved next-of-kin. The objectives of this study are to examine quality of care in the last 2 days of life of hospitalized patients considering specific aspects of their place of care.
methodsThe "Care of the Dying Evaluation" (CODE
resultsMost of the 237 analyzed CODE-GER questionnaires were completed by the patient's spouse (42.6%) or children (40.5%) and 64.1% were female. Patients stayed in hospital for an average of 13.7 days (3-276; SD 21.1). Half of the patients died in a specialized palliative care unit (50.6%). The CODE-GER total score was 85.7 (SD 14.17; 25-104). Subscales were rated significantly better for palliative care units than for other wards. Unsatisfying outcomes were reported in both groups in the subscales for information/decision-making and information about the dying process.
conclusionThe overall quality of care for the dying was rated to be good. Improvements of information about the dying process and decision-making are needed.
trial registrationDRKS00013916.
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