Private or shared room? A nationwide questionnaire survey on bereaved family members' perceptions of where patients spend their last days.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Where patients receive end-of-life care influences their quality of life.

Objectives

To clarify the effects of staying in a private or shared room in inpatient hospices.

Design

A part of a Japanese multicentre survey to evaluate the quality of end-of-life care.

Setting/participants

779 bereaved families whose relatives who died from cancer in inpatient hospices.

Measurements

The primary outcome was family-perceived need for improvement in environment-related professional care. Secondary end-points included: family satisfaction, environment-related family perception, and quality of death and dying (Good Death Inventory: GDI).

Results

574 responded (73.7%). 300 patients were in a private room from admission to discharge, 47 were in a shar

SUBMITTER: Otani H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8896061 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature