The quality of dying and death for patients in intensive care units: a single center pilot study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

To identify the necessary care for dying patients in intensive care units (ICUs), we designed a retrospective study to evaluate the quality of dying and death (QODD) experienced by the surrogates of patients with medical illness who died in the ICU of a tertiary referral hospital.

Methods

To achieve our objective, the authors compared the QODD scores as appraised by the relatives of patients who died of cancer under hospice care with those who died in the ICU. For this study, a Korean version of the QODD questionnaire was developed, and individual interviews were also conducted.

Results

Sixteen people from the intensive care group and 23 people from the hospice care group participated in the survey and completed the questionnaire. The family members of pati

SUBMITTER: Choi Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6849018 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature