Bibliographic Details
| Title: |
Impacts of COVID-19 pandemic prevention measures to the palliative care in Taiwan |
| Authors: |
Meng-Ping Wu, Sheng-huang Hsiaog, Tsun-Cheng Huang, Da-Chen Chu, Chieh-Yu Liu |
| Source: |
Frontiers in Public Health, Vol 12 (2024) |
| Publisher Information: |
Frontiers Media S.A., 2024. |
| Publication Year: |
2024 |
| Collection: |
LCC:Public aspects of medicine |
| Subject Terms: |
COVID-19, palliative care, discharge planning, end-of-life, advance care planning, Public aspects of medicine, RA1-1270 |
| More Details: |
BackgroundPrevention measures for palliative care and the provision of discharge planning services for inpatients in Taiwan before and during the COVID-19 pandemic had not been investigated. This study was aimed to investigate the factors associated with heightened palliative care needs and increased mortality rates.MethodsThis research adopts a retrospective case–control study design. The investigation encompasses patients admitted before the pandemic (from January 1, 2019, to May 31, 2019) and during the COVID-19 pandemic (from January 1, 2020, to May 31, 2020). The case group consisted of 231 end-of-life inpatients during the pandemic, control group was composed of the pool of inpatients with pre-pandemic and matched with cases by sex and age in a 1:1 ratio.ResultsThe results showed that the prevalence of respiratory failure symptoms (p = 0.004), residing in long-term care facilities (p = 0.017), palliative care needs assessment scores (p = 0.010), as well as the provision of guidance for nasogastric tube feeding (p = 0.002), steam inhalation (p = 0.003), turning and positioning (p |
| Document Type: |
article |
| File Description: |
electronic resource |
| Language: |
English |
| ISSN: |
2296-2565 |
| Relation: |
https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2024.1411185/full; https://doaj.org/toc/2296-2565 |
| DOI: |
10.3389/fpubh.2024.1411185 |
| Access URL: |
https://doaj.org/article/b0c220e9762f44ef8de0255513522c9d |
| Accession Number: |
edsdoj.b0c220e9762f44ef8de0255513522c9d |
| Database: |
Directory of Open Access Journals |
