Sean R Riley, Christiane Voisin, Erin E Stevens, Seuli Bose-Brill, Karen O Moss
{"title":"Tools for tomorrow: a scoping review of patient-facing tools for advance care planning.","authors":"Sean R Riley, Christiane Voisin, Erin E Stevens, Seuli Bose-Brill, Karen O Moss","doi":"10.1177/26323524241263108","DOIUrl":"10.1177/26323524241263108","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Advance care planning (ACP) supports individuals in aligning their medical care with personal values and preferences in the face of serious illness. The variety of ACP tools available reflects diverse strategies intended to facilitate these critical conversations, yet evaluations of their effectiveness often show mixed results. Following the Arskey and O'Malley framework, this scoping review aims to synthesize the range of ACP tools targeted at patients and families, highlighting their characteristics and delivery methods to better understand their impact and development over time. Studies included focused on patient-facing ACP tools across all settings and mediums. Exclusions were applied to studies solely targeting healthcare providers or those only aiming at completion of advance directives without broader ACP discussions. Searches were conducted across PubMed, Embase, CINAHL, The Cochrane Library, and Web of Science. Data were extracted using a predesigned spreadsheet, capturing study population, setting, intervention modality, and intervention theme. Tools were categorized by delivery method and further analyzed through a year-wise distribution to track trends and developments. We identified 99 unique patient-facing tools, with those focusing on counseling (31) and video technologies (21) being the most prevalent while others incorporated online platforms, print materials, games, or some combination of different delivery methods. Over half the tools were designed for specific patient groups, especially for various diseases and racial or ethnic communities. Recent years showed a surge in tool variety and innovation, including integrated patient portals and psychological techniques. The review demonstrates a broad array of innovative ACP tools that facilitate personalized and effective ACP. Our findings contribute to an enhanced understanding of their utilization and potential impacts, offering valuable insights for future tool development and policy making in ACP.</p>","PeriodicalId":36693,"journal":{"name":"Palliative Care and Social Practice","volume":"18 ","pages":"26323524241263108"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2024-06-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11265253/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141753033","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Tom Lormans, Everlien de Graaf, Sita de Vries, Carlo Leget, Saskia Teunissen
{"title":"'It is important to feel invited': what patients require when using the Utrecht Symptom Diary - 4 Dimensional, a qualitative exploration.","authors":"Tom Lormans, Everlien de Graaf, Sita de Vries, Carlo Leget, Saskia Teunissen","doi":"10.1177/26323524241260426","DOIUrl":"10.1177/26323524241260426","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>In palliative care, the Utrecht Symptom Diary - 4 Dimensional (USD-4D), a Dutch-adapted and validated patient-reported outcome measure, supports multidimensional symptom management through identification and monitoring of, as well as dialogue on symptoms and needs. For the USD-4D to optimally support patients' autonomy, it is essential to know what patients need to use it.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>This study aims to identify what patients need when using the USD-4D in clinical palliative care.</p><p><strong>Design: </strong>A generic qualitative design with primary and secondary analyses of semistructured interviews.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Patients ⩾18 years with a life-limiting illness were purposefully recruited within hospice and home care settings if they were in their last year of life as identified by the surprise question. Patients had to be aware of their life-threatening condition. Patients were selected in two tranches. In the first tranche, patients had to have completed the USD-4D at least once. The second tranche consisted of patients who were not familiar with the USD-4D in clinical practice and were interviewed in a previous study on the content validity of the USD-4D. The interviews were transcribed verbatim and were subjected to thematic analysis.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Twenty-five patients were included (14 men, ages 44-87). Patients' needs when using the USD-4D were summarized in three themes: (1) feeling invited, (2) being aware of the purpose and function of the USD-4D, and (3) experiencing a personal and nonjudgmental approach.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>For patients to optimally benefit from the USD-4D as a supportive measure of their autonomy in clinical palliative care, it is essential that they feel invited to use it. Healthcare providers are tasked with setting the right preconditions for patients to want and to be able to use the USD-4D. For patients, this means healthcare providers should always be attuned to their personal preferences when communicating the purpose and function of the USD-4D and when they enter into dialogue with them.</p>","PeriodicalId":36693,"journal":{"name":"Palliative Care and Social Practice","volume":"18 ","pages":"26323524241260426"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2024-06-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11191620/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141443410","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Samuel Asamoah Boateng, Joshua Okyere, Priscilla Y A Attafuah, Gladys Dzansi
{"title":"Institutional drivers for integrating palliative care services in a hospital in a sub-Saharan African military hospital context.","authors":"Samuel Asamoah Boateng, Joshua Okyere, Priscilla Y A Attafuah, Gladys Dzansi","doi":"10.1177/26323524241262327","DOIUrl":"10.1177/26323524241262327","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>The growing burden of life-threatening illnesses and advancements in care interventions call for the intentional integration of palliative care services into existing care systems. The absence of active, functioning palliative care services in most hospitals in Ghana is a major concern. This study explored the factors influencing the integration of palliative care services in one of such institutions.</p><p><strong>Objectives: </strong>The aim of the study was to explore the institutional drivers of palliative care integration in a military health facility.</p><p><strong>Design: </strong>Exploratory qualitative study.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We employed a qualitative exploratory study design situated within a constructivist paradigm. A purposive sampling method was used to select and interview 11 healthcare professionals. A semistructured interview was used to conduct face-to-face, in-depth interviews with participants between April and May 2022. A thematic data analysis was done based on the Braun and Clarke analysis process with the aid of QSR NVivo-12.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The six themes that describe the institutional driving factors for integrating palliative care services were cognitive restructuring, supportive logistics and infrastructure, staffing, healthcare professional skills, institutional policies and priorities, and utilization of focal persons. It was observed that a paradigm shift in the mindset of healthcare professionals and administrators was a major driver that would determine the integration of palliative care services. A cognitive restructuring will facilitate a more aggressive integration of palliative care services because logistics, staffing, and medication access will be prioritized.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Institutions have the responsibility of aligning with the WHO policy on palliative care service access and must invest in training, staffing, prioritizing palliative care needs and policies, procurement of essential drugs, and the provision of logistics and supportive infrastructure to scale up the implementation of palliative care services.</p>","PeriodicalId":36693,"journal":{"name":"Palliative Care and Social Practice","volume":"18 ","pages":"26323524241262327"},"PeriodicalIF":2.7,"publicationDate":"2024-06-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11191610/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141443409","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Raquel Alexandra Machado Pereira, Patrícia Cruz Pontífice Sousa Valente Ribeiro
{"title":"The context of care as a supporting axis for comfort in a palliative care unit.","authors":"Raquel Alexandra Machado Pereira, Patrícia Cruz Pontífice Sousa Valente Ribeiro","doi":"10.1177/26323524241258781","DOIUrl":"10.1177/26323524241258781","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>The context of care determines and organizes practices through its structures and guiding principles. It is sometimes a space that generates tension and multiple choices, variable in the provision of different care and uncertain in its duration. We can consider that the construction of the comfort process does not only depend on the will of its actors and the situation itself, but is also conditioned by the professional, cultural, and social context in which it is inserted. This article is part of a doctoral study in the field of comfort in a palliative care unit, and these are some of the partial results that emerged.</p><p><strong>Design: </strong>Qualitative study using ethnographic approach.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We conducted semistructured interviews with 18 patients at the end of life and their matched significant family members (18) and 21 health professionals. We also conducted a participant observation of care situations.</p><p><strong>Results/discussion: </strong>The context of action, where meanings and practices are learned, is linked to a certain identity that is related to practical, contextual knowledge, linked to a collective and to a feeling of belonging. The relationship between the various factors that shape the Care Context in the palliative care unit studied, constitute the three domains of this topic, specifically: <i>the integrative and inclusive environment, the conceptions of care</i>, and <i>the inclusive factors of organizational culture.</i></p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The specific context was determinant as a supporting axis for comfort in this palliative care unit. The context of care, where objects and provisions support the construction of the comfort process as an entity that integrates culture, established conceptions of care, allowing the deepening of knowledge.</p>","PeriodicalId":36693,"journal":{"name":"Palliative Care and Social Practice","volume":"18 ","pages":"26323524241258781"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-06-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11177725/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141332030","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Novel therapies for nausea and vomiting in advanced illness and supportive cancer care.","authors":"Mellar P Davis","doi":"10.1177/26323524241257701","DOIUrl":"10.1177/26323524241257701","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Nausea and vomiting are common experiences and are often dreaded more than pain. This review discusses blonanserin, mirtazapine, and isopropyl alcohol as antiemetics. Blonanserin, an atypical antipsychotic with a high affinity for dopamine D2 and D3 receptors and serotonin receptor 5-HT2A, has less of a risk of extrapyramidal adverse effects. Transdermal blonanserin, available in Korea, Japan, and China in a small number of trials, has improved nausea in patients not responding to standard antiemetics. Mirtazapine is a noradrenergic and specific serotonergic antidepressant that has been used for multiple symptoms besides depression. There is little evidence that mirtazapine improves anorexia or nausea in advanced cancer but is as effective as olanzapine in reducing chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting. Isopropyl alcohol aromatherapy has been successfully used in the emergency department for nausea and vomiting with an onset to benefit more rapidly than standard antiemetics. Isopropyl alcohol prep pads can be used for home-going antiemetic therapy and as a bridge to treating acute nausea until standard antiemetics take effect.</p>","PeriodicalId":36693,"journal":{"name":"Palliative Care and Social Practice","volume":"18 ","pages":"26323524241257701"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-06-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11159532/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141296853","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Sitting with you in uncertainty: a reflective essay on the contribution of social work to end-of-life care.","authors":"Sarah Dowd, Rebecca Salama","doi":"10.1177/26323524241254838","DOIUrl":"10.1177/26323524241254838","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Death may be the only certainty in life, but for palliative care patients and their carers, it is anything but. How long is there left? Will a hospice bed be available? What new loss (big or small), will tomorrow bring? Research suggests that the poor management of uncertainty in palliative care can significantly impact patient outcomes as well as the experience of bereaved families. Social workers cannot mitigate this uncertainty, but they can support individuals to recognise and engage with it. Often, this can create tensions with their personal instinct to remove distress, as well as their professional drive to 'fix things'. By overcoming these challenges and embracing their ability to find ways forward 'in the midst of the messy stuff', they model a constructive mode of behaviour that patients and other multidisciplinary professionals can then mirror.</p>","PeriodicalId":36693,"journal":{"name":"Palliative Care and Social Practice","volume":"18 ","pages":"26323524241254838"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-06-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11159529/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141296854","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Voices of unpaid carers: problems and prospects in accessing palliative care and self-care information, resources and services.","authors":"Kristine Van Dinther, Sara Javanparast","doi":"10.1177/26323524241255386","DOIUrl":"10.1177/26323524241255386","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Unpaid carers make a substantial contribution to the health economy and carers of palliative patients are particularly vulnerable due to special patient needs and excessive carer burden. The Australian Government recently implemented the Integrated Carer Support Service Model to provide a range of free services to carers in the community. However, it is unclear whether such initiatives are effective and, more importantly, how carers of palliative patients gain access to information, support and services for the patient and themselves.</p><p><strong>Objectives: </strong>We sought to investigate unpaid carers' experiences in accessing information and resources for support with patient care with a specific focus on palliative care resources and to determine carers' access to information and support for self-care. We also aimed to identify what opportunities and challenges remain for these particular carers according to their experiences.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We conducted 18 semi-structured interviews and 3 focus groups with unpaid family or friend carers of palliative patients in South Australia from metropolitan, regional and rural communities. Grounded in a descriptive phenomenological paradigm, we conducted a hybrid approach to thematic analysis combining deductive and inductive coding following Fereday and Muir-Cochrane's method.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The government's web-based initiative provided little impact in supporting carers from our cohort. There remains a substantial gap between the formal recognition of the importance of carers and their lived reality. This recognition by health professionals is vital, as carer self-identification is not common and affects help-seeking behaviour. Carers seek and respond to more grassroots, personalized forms of support and sharing of information.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The lack of self-identification affects carers' help-seeking behaviours. Carer identification and recognition need to be initiated by health professionals in a proactive manner to ensure carers are prepared for their role and are emotionally supported to sustain it. Carers seek face-to-face guidance and sources of information.</p>","PeriodicalId":36693,"journal":{"name":"Palliative Care and Social Practice","volume":"18 ","pages":"26323524241255386"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-05-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11141225/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141200493","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"'Not a panacea' - Expert perspectives on the concept of resilience and its potential for palliative care.","authors":"Katja Maus, Frank Peusquens, Milena Kriegsmann-Rabe, Julia-Katharina Matthias, Gülay Ateş, Birgit Jaspers, Franziska Geiser, Lukas Radbruch","doi":"10.1177/26323524241254839","DOIUrl":"10.1177/26323524241254839","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Resilience is an increasingly used term in medicine and subject to various definitions, often not easy to grasp. There are established core concepts for patients receiving palliative care, for example, meaning in life, that have already been researched a lot. Resilience, relative to these concepts, is a new object of research in palliative care, where it has so far been used predominantly with regard to the well-being of teams.</p><p><strong>Aim: </strong>To explore how experts in palliative care define the concept of resilience and its suitability for patients, significant others, and professionals.</p><p><strong>Design: </strong>Qualitative study using summarizing content analysis according to Mayring.</p><p><strong>Setting/participants: </strong>Twenty-one health and social care professionals with expertise caring for persons with life-threatening/limiting illnesses and their relatives were interviewed in three individual interviews and four focus groups. All conversations were recorded, transcribed, coded <i>via</i> MAXQDA, and validated by another researcher.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Resilience has been described as something procedural, dynamic, individual, and flexible. In connection with well-known concepts such as posttraumatic growth or terms from the field of mindfulness, social environment or personal factors have also been linked to resilience. Resources such as spirituality can contribute to resilience, and resilience itself can function as a resource, for example, by contributing to quality of life. An active use of the term in practical work with patients or relatives is rare, but it is used in education or team measures. Limited lifespan can pose a challenge to an active use of the concept of resilience.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Resilience as a very individual approach provides added value to other core concepts of palliative care. Within the palliative context, the normative dimension of resilience must be well reflected. A broader definition of resilience is recommended, leaving room for everyone to find their own form of resilience. The concept of resilience in palliative care includes opportunities as well as risks and should, therefore, be implemented carefully, requiring specific training.</p>","PeriodicalId":36693,"journal":{"name":"Palliative Care and Social Practice","volume":"18 ","pages":"26323524241254839"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-05-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11131388/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141162591","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jheelam Biswas, A K M Motiur Rahman Bhuiyan, Afroja Alam, Mostofa Kamal Chowdhury
{"title":"Relationship between perceived social support and mental health status of the advanced cancer patients receiving palliative care in Bangladesh.","authors":"Jheelam Biswas, A K M Motiur Rahman Bhuiyan, Afroja Alam, Mostofa Kamal Chowdhury","doi":"10.1177/26323524241256379","DOIUrl":"10.1177/26323524241256379","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Cancer patients experience significant changes in their social roles along with various physical and psychological challenges. Despite the growing recognition of the importance of palliative care in Bangladesh, there is a notable gap in research focusing on the psychosocial issues faced by patients with advanced cancer.</p><p><strong>Aim: </strong>This study aims to explore the level of social support perceived by Bangladeshi cancer patients and determine how this support relates to their mental health status.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This cross-sectional study was conducted among 115 advanced cancer (stages III and IV) patients admitted to the palliative medicine department of a tertiary care hospital in Bangladesh. Perceived social support was measured by the Multidimensional Scale of Perceived Social Support, and the mental health status of the patients was assessed by Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Scale-21. Data collection was done from June to November 2023. Relationships between perceived social support, depression, anxiety, and stress were assessed by the Spearman correlation test. The moderating effect of perceived social support on patients' mental health variables was determined by multiple linear regression and simple slope analysis. <i>p</i> Value <0.05 was considered to be statistically significant.</p><p><strong>Result: </strong>The study included an almost equal number of male (49.6%) and female (50.4%) patients, with a mean age of 50.7 ± 14.4 years. Overall, perceived social support was moderate to high for most (74.7%) of the participants. Among the participants, 78.3% experienced anxiety, 77.4% suffered from depression, and 70.5% experienced stress. Depression, anxiety, and stress were all negatively and significantly (<i>p</i> < 0.05) correlated with perceived social support. Younger patients reported higher levels of anxiety, stress, and depression. Perceived social support had a significant buffering effect on depression and anxiety among the younger patients.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Perceived social support has a profound and significant effect on the mental health of advanced cancer patients. Integrating psychosocial support early in palliative care can be highly beneficial to the mental health of these patients.</p>","PeriodicalId":36693,"journal":{"name":"Palliative Care and Social Practice","volume":"18 ","pages":"26323524241256379"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-05-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11131397/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141162622","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Factors affecting need and utilization of palliative care services among Ethiopian women in an oncology department: A hospital-based cross-sectional study.","authors":"Deriba Fetene, Lesley Taylor, Betty Ferrell, Bedilu Deribe, Jabir Abdella, Amdehiwot Aynalem","doi":"10.1177/26323524241253625","DOIUrl":"10.1177/26323524241253625","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Palliative care, which aims to alleviate physical and emotional distress from cancer, is underutilized in many African healthcare systems. Therefore, there is a lack of data on the need and utilization of palliative care services among women with breast cancer in Ethiopia.</p><p><strong>Objectives: </strong>The goal of this study was to identify the level of need and utilization of palliative care services and identify associated factors among women in an oncology department of Hawassa comprehensive and specialized hospitals.</p><p><strong>Design: </strong>Hospital-based cross-sectional study.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A total of 121 women age ⩾18 years old with breast cancer participated from 1 August to 30 October 2021. A hospital-based consecutive sampling technique was used. Data regarding the need and utilization of palliative care services were collected <i>via</i> questionnaire and interview, entered using EpiData 4.6.0.6, and analyzed by SPSS version 25. Variables with <i>p</i> < 0.25 were considered for multivariate analysis, and those with <i>p</i> < 0.05 indicate an association with palliative care utilization.</p><p><strong>Result: </strong>Seventy-two (59.5%) had worse utilization of palliative care services, with higher odds in rural areas (adjusted odds ratio = 11.82).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>The study findings indicated that more than half of the study participants had worse utilization of palliative care services, with rural living being a contributing factor.</p>","PeriodicalId":36693,"journal":{"name":"Palliative Care and Social Practice","volume":"18 ","pages":"26323524241253625"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-05-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11127578/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141155788","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}