Factors Associated With Quality-of-Dying-and-Death Classes Among Critically Ill Patients.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Improving end-of-life care in the intensive care unit (ICU) is a priority, but clinically modifiable factors of quality of dying and death (QODD) are seldom identified.

Objectives

To comprehensively identify factors associated with QODD classes of dying ICU patients, emphasizing clinically modifiable factors based on the integrative framework of factors associated with for bereavement outcomes.

Design, setting, and participants

This observational cohort study was conducted at medical ICUs of 2 Taiwanese medical centers from January 2018 to March 2020 with follow-up through December 2022. Eligible participants included primary family surrogates responsible for decision making for critically ill ICU patients at high risk of death (Acute Physiology and Chronic

SUBMITTER: Wen FH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11217872 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature