An estimation of the number of cancer patients who wanted home death based on the bereaved family survey
10.2512/jspm.7.403
- VernacularTitle:遺族調査に基づく自宅死亡を希望していると推定されるがん患者数
- Author:
Tatsuya Morita
;
Mitsunori Miyashita
;
Yoko Inoue
;
Kazuki Sato
;
Ayumi Igarashi
;
Miyuki Igarashi
;
Takuhiro Yamaguchi
;
Shuji Hashimoto
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
home death;
palliative care;
cancer
- From:Palliative Care Research
2012;7(2):403-407
- CountryJapan
- Language:Japanese
-
Abstract:
The primary aim of this study was to estimate the number of cancer patients who wanted home death based on the bereaved family survey.A postal survey performed on 1,137 bereaved family members in 4 regions to clarify the degree what they believed that the patient actually died where s/he had wanted on the Good Death Inventory, and to explore the preferred place of death. We calculated estimated number of patients who had wanted home death as a total of (1) the actual number of home death × the percentages of the family members who agreed that the patient actually died where s/he had wanted, and × the actual number of hospital death × the percentages of the family members who disagreed that the patient actually died where s/he had wanted and home was the preferred place of death. Estimated number of cancer patients who wanted home death was 32.8%［95%C.I., 31.7, 33.9］ in the surveyed regions, and 31.2%［95%C.I., 31.1, 31.4］ for national data.
