Home Care in the Era of COVID-19 —Results from the Bereaved Families of Terminal Cancer Patients Survey—

Tomoya Iida; Nagomi Ito; Naoka Okamura; Michio Iida; Yoshiki Wada; Natsumi Ando; Hiromu Miura; Hideo Yoshizaki; Atsuko Kadowaki; Nana Yamazaki; Kentaro Nagaoka

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Home Care in the Era of COVID-19 —Results from the Bereaved Families of Terminal Cancer Patients Survey—

VernacularTitle:コロナ禍における在宅療養～終末期がん遺族アンケート調査の結果から～
Author: Tomoya IIDA ¹ ; Nagomi ITO ¹ ; Naoka OKAMURA ¹ ; Michio IIDA ¹ ; Yoshiki WADA ¹ ; Natsumi ANDO ¹ ; Hiromu MIURA ¹ ; Hideo YOSHIZAKI ¹ ; Atsuko KADOWAKI ² ; Nana YAMAZAKI ³ ; Kentaro NAGAOKA ⁴
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1. Sapporo Home-care Clinic Soyokaze
2. Home-visit Nursing Station Soyokaze
3. Home-care Support Office Soyokaze
4. Department of Clinical Infectious Diseases, Toyama University Graduate School of Medicine and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Toyama
Keywords: COVID-19; home care; bereaved family; questionnaire survey; satisfaction
From:Palliative Care Research 2023;18(1):55-60
CountryJapan
Language:Japanese
Abstract: The purpose of this study was to examine the impact of COVID-19 on home care at the end of life and the satisfaction of bereaved families. A questionnaire survey was conducted on 100 bereaved families of terminal cancer patients who were receiving home care. The effects of the COVID-19 on at-home medical treatment and the rate of satisfaction of bereaved families were examined. The response rate for this survey was 72.0%. Of the respondents, 52.8% of the bereaved families answered that the COVID-19 had an effect on their decision to choose home care. The rate of satisfaction of bereaved families was 98.6%. Even for terminal cancer patients who chose home care in the era of COVID-19 at our hospital, we were able to achieve high level of satisfaction for bereaved families.