ArticleEuropean journal of cancer care2022
Hospitalisations of patients with cancer in the last stage of life. Reason to improve advance care planning?
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- Integrated palliative care improves the quality of life of advanced cancer patients.BMC palliative care · 2025Trial
- The Impact of Patient and Professional Users' Involvement in Implementation for Virtual Reality in Hospitalised Palliative Cancer Patients in a German Cancer Centre-A Qualitative Analysis.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Barriers and facilitators to advance care planning for people with intellectual disabilities: a cross-sectional survey study of professional caregiver perspectives.International journal for equity in health · 2025Article
- Patients' Experiences With Advance Care Planning and Decision-Making: An Interview Study in Finnish Hospital Palliative Care Wards.Nursing open · 2025Article
- Influence of palliative care policy on place of death for people with different cancer types: a nationwide' register study.PloS one · 2025Article
- Correlation of death anxiety with coping strategies among Palestinian women with breast cancer: a cross-sectional study.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
- Hospitalisations of patients with cancer in the last stage of life. Reason to improve advance care planning?European journal of cancer care · 2022Article
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Abstract
objectiveThe aim of this study is to examine why patients are hospitalised in the last stage of life.
methodsOur study was conducted in a large Dutch teaching hospital. We conducted a retrospective chart review of patients aged ≥18 years who died of cancer either during hospitalisation or after discharge to receive terminal care outside the hospital. We collected data about the characteristics of these hospitalisations and indicators of advance care planning.
resultsOf the 264 deceased patients, 56% had died in the hospital and 44% after hospital discharge. Of all patients, 80% had been admitted to the hospital because of symptom distress. Dyspnoea (39%) and pain (33%) were the most common symptoms. Most patients underwent diagnostic procedures (laboratory tests [97%] and radiology tests [91%]) and received medical treatment (analgesics [71%] and antibiotics [55%]) during their hospitalisation. A 'Do-Not-Resuscitate' code had been recorded before admission in 42% of the patients and in an additional 52% during admission.
conclusionOur study shows that patients with cancer in the last stage of life were mainly admitted to the hospital because of symptom distress. Some hospitalisations and in-hospitals deaths may be avoided by more timely recognition of patients' impending death and start of advance care planning.
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