Aggressive End-of-Life Care and Caregiver Satisfaction for Patients With Advanced Cancer.

Autor: Park S; Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA., Douglas SL; Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA.; Case Comprehensive Cancer Center, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA.; School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA., Boveington-Molter B; Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA., Lipson AR; Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH, USA.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Western journal of nursing research [West J Nurs Res] 2024 Jan; Vol. 46 (1), pp. 19-25. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Nov 19.
DOI: 10.1177/01939459231213786
Abstrakt: Aggressive end-of-life care in patients with advanced cancer is associated with poor experiences and outcomes. The purpose of the study was to examine the impact of aggressive end-of-life care on caregiver satisfaction for caregivers of bereaved advanced cancer patients. Data of 101 caregivers were gathered using a longitudinal, descriptive correlational design study. Postdeath interviews were conducted 2 months after the patient's death. The most common end-of-life care indicators were patient not enrolled in hospice or enrolled within 3 days of death, >1 hospitalization, and intensive care unit admission. More than one-third of patients received at least one of the aggressive end-of-life care indicators in the last 30 days of life. From the multiple linear regression analyses, patient intensive care unit admission and having more than one hospitalization significantly affected caregiver satisfaction with care. Understanding caregiver satisfaction with care may improve the clinical practice of nurses who have crucial role in patients' end-of-life care.
Competing Interests: Declaration of Conflicting InterestsThe author(s) declared no potential conflicts of interest with respect to the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.
Databáze: MEDLINE