Providing End-of-Life Care for Patients Dying of COVID-19 and Their Families in Isolated Death During the Pandemic in Japan: The Providing End-of-life Care for COVID-19 Project.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Death resulting from COVID-19 in a hospital during the pandemic has meant death in isolation. Although many health-care providers (HCPs) have struggled with end-of-life (EOL) care for these patients, the various strategies across hospitals are not well known.

Research question

What EOL care did HCPs give patients dying of COVID-19 and their families in hospitals during the COVID-19 pandemic? What were the key themes in care?

Study design and methods

This qualitative study used individual, semistructured, internet, and face-to-face interviews. We recruited HCPs who provided EOL care to patients with COVID-19 dying in hospitals and their families. Purposive sampling was used through the academic networks at the School of Public Health, Kyoto University. Anony

SUBMITTER: Nishimura M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9576251 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature