The quality of hospital-based palliative care team from the view of families in terminal cancer patients
Date Issued
2007
Date
2007
Author(s)
Chen, Jui-Yi
DOI
zh-TW
Abstract
The aim of this study is to explore the care quality of hospital-based palliative care team in the view of families in terminal cancer patients. A quasi-experimental design was used in this investigation. From March 2007 to June 2007, there were ninety families who were eligible in this study and had been investigated in a medical center of northern Taiwan. Three questionnaires including: a self-designed one for the needs and satisfaction of the family, the MQOL-Taiwan version questionnaires and WHOQOL-BREF were used in the pre-test. After the pretest was completed, three groups that received different types of palliative care participated in this study. There were thirty families of the terminal cancer patients who received: some palliative team services in the ordinary ward; traditional supportive care in the ordinary ward; and comprehensive palliative team services in the palliative care unit, respectively. The same three questionnaires were applied again in the three groups, to understand the differences of care quality in the families of terminal cancer patients.
The results of this study were: 1) the families of the terminal cancer patients still had a high level of care needs, even after palliative care team services were given; 2) palliative team services can effectively improve the satisfaction of the families, some palliative team services given in the ordinary ward had a higher satisfaction level than the traditional supportive care given in the ordinary ward, but had a lower satisfaction level than the comprehensive palliative team services given in the palliative care unit; 3) palliative team services can effectively improve the life quality of terminal cancer patients, some palliative team services given in the ordinary ward had better life quality than the traditional supportive care given in the ordinary ward, but had lower life quality than the comprehensive palliative team services given in the palliative care unit; 4) palliative team services can effectively improve the life quality of families of the terminal cancer patients, which is similar to some of the palliative team services given in the ordinary ward and the comprehensive palliative team services given in the palliative care unit; 5) care given by palliative team services can effectively increase the ratio of signing the DNR (Do Not Resuscitate) form. Therefore, palliative care services are worthy to expand the area of clinical application in the care model for terminal cancer patients.
Subjects
安寧共同照護
家屬
照護品質
需求
生活品質
palliative care team
family
quality of care
need
quality of life
SDGs
Type
other
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