The Quality of Dying and Death in a Residential Hospice

Journal of Pain and Symptom Management
Isuri WeerakkodyGary Rodin

Abstract

Residential hospices may be an optimal compromise between home and hospital settings for end-of-life care, but there has been little systematic research regarding the quality of dying and death in such locations. The objective of this study was to assess the quality of dying and death of patients who received end-of-life care in a residential hospice and its relationship to hospice length of stay (LOS) and prior receipt of palliative care. A total of 100 caregivers of patients who died in a residential hospice in downtown Toronto, Canada, were recruited four to six months after patient's death. The quality of dying and death was measured, based on interviews with bereaved caregivers, using the Quality of Dying and Death (QODD) questionnaire. The overall mean QODD score was 68.85 ± 11.62, which is in the intermediate ("neither good nor bad") range (30-70) of the scale. The lowest QODD subscale score was on the Transcendence subscale, which evaluates death-related concerns; this was 59.48 ± 25.37, with ratings in 14.6% of the sample in the "terrible to poor" (0-29) range. QODD scores were higher for patients with hospice LOS of more than one week (72.21 ± 9.64) than for those with a shorter LOS (60.38 ± 11.92) (P < 0.001). Overal...Continue Reading

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