Symptom burden, service use and care dissatisfaction among older adults with cancer, cardiovascular disease, respiratory disease, dementia and neurological disease during the last 3 months before death: A pooled analysis of mortality follow-back surveys.
Mitsunori MiyashitaCatherine J EvansDeok Hee YiBarbara GomesWei GaoPublished in: Palliative medicine (2024)
We showed different trajectories towards death depending on cause. Improving symptom burden and satisfaction in patients at the end-of-life is challenging, and the presence of a reliable key health professional may be helpful.
Keyphrases
- healthcare
- cardiovascular disease
- mental health
- risk factors
- papillary thyroid
- cardiovascular events
- public health
- mild cognitive impairment
- palliative care
- depressive symptoms
- patient reported
- squamous cell
- cognitive impairment
- health information
- cross sectional
- squamous cell carcinoma
- coronary artery disease
- randomized controlled trial
- chronic pain
- metabolic syndrome
- double blind