Improved Symptom Change Enhances Quality of Dying in Patients With Advanced Cancer: An East Asian Cross-Cultural Study.
Hsien-Liang HuangPing-Jen ChenMasanori MoriSang-Yeon SuhChien-Yi WuJen-Kuei PengChih-Yuan ShihChien-An YaoJaw-Shiun TsaiTai-Yuan ChiuYusuke HiratsukaSun-Hyun KimTatsuya MoritaTakashi YamaguchiSatoru TsunetoDavid HuiShao-Yi ChengPublished in: The oncologist (2023)
Better quality of dying and death was associated with improved symptom control, especially for dyspnea and delirium. Integrating an outcome measurement for the quality of dying and death is important in the management of symptoms across the disease trajectory in a goal-concordant manner.