Symptom trajectories of non-cancer patients in the last six months of life: Identifying needs in a population-based home care cohort.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

The end-of-life symptom prevalence of non-cancer patients have been described mostly in hospital and institutional settings. This study aims to describe the average symptom trajectories among non-cancer patients who are community-dwelling and used home care services at the end of life.

Materials and methods

This is a retrospective, population-based cohort study of non-cancer patients who used home care services in the last 6 months of life in Ontario, Canada, between 2007 and 2014. We linked the Resident Assessment Instrument for Home Care (RAI-HC) (standardized home care assessment tool) and the Discharge Abstract Databases (for hospital deaths). Patients were grouped into four non-cancer disease groups: cardiovascular, neurological, respiratory, and renal (not

SUBMITTER: Conen K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8205160 | biostudies-literature | 2021

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature