Goals of Care Among Patients With Advanced Cancer and Their Family Caregivers in the Last Years of Life.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Understanding goals of care for terminally ill patients at the end of life is crucial to ensure that patients receive care consistent with their preferences.

Objectives

To investigate the patterns of goals of care among patient-caregiver dyads over the last years of the patient's life and the associations of the goals of care with patient-caregiver characteristics.

Design, setting, and participants

This prospective cohort study of 210 patient-caregiver dyads involved surveys every 3 months from July 8, 2016, until the patient's death or February 28, 2022. Data from the last 2 years of the patients' lives were analyzed. Dyads, which comprised patients with stage IV solid cancer and their caregivers, were recruited from outpatient clinics at 2 major cancer ce

SUBMITTER: Ozdemir S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11009823 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature