Association between the quality of palliative care and grief of bereaved families
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Background: Grief of bereaved family members has become an important aspect in the quality of palliative care; particularly, during terminal illness. The relief of suffering, both in the patients and their family members, until the patient dies, is of importance. This includes the continuity of care for the bereaved family which would result in enabling them to appropriately deal with their loss and cope with their grief.
Objective: This study aimed to find out the association between the quality of the palliative care and grief of bereaved families.
Methods: This descriptive study used 110 bereaved families who received palliative care before the death of the patient. The data was collected at a university and a tertiary hospital. The instruments consisted of a demographic characteristic questionnaire, FAMCARE-2 scale, and Inventory of Complicated Grief (ICG). The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and Pearson Product Moment Correlation.
Results: The results revealed that the overall quality of the palliative care had a statistically significant negative correlation with the grief. (r = -0.189, p <0.05). The study also showed the domain of the management of the physical symptoms and comfort and the domain of family support had a statistically significant negative correlation with grief. (r = -0.201, p <0.05 and r = -0.198, p <0.05).
Conclusions: The results of this study provide basic information which can be used for management of grief for patients and their families. In addition, this can be utilized to help developing a multidisciplinary care plan, particularly in the management of physical symptoms, comfort, and family support, leading to an improvement in the quality of palliative care.
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บทความที่ได้รับการตีพิมพ์เป็นลิขสิทธิ์ของวิทยาลัยพยาบาลบรมราชชนนี จังหวัดนนทบุรี
ข้อความที่ปรากฏในบทความแต่ละเรื่องในวารสารวิชาการเล่มนี้เป็นความคิดเห็นส่วนตัวของผู้เขียนแต่ละท่านไม่เกี่ยวข้องกับวิทยาลัยพยาบาลบรมราชชนนี จังหวัดนนทบุรี และคณาจารย์ท่านอื่น ในวิทยาลัยฯ แต่อย่างใด ความรับผิดชอบองค์ประกอบทั้งหมดของบทความแต่ละเรื่องเป็นของผู้เขียนแต่ละท่าน หากมีความผิดพลาดใด ๆ ผู้เขียนแต่ละท่านจะรับผิดชอบบทความของตนเองแต่ผู้เดียว
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