Background
Methods
Study design
Participants
Measures
Statistical analyses
Results
Participants
Background characteristic | Patients (n = 72) |
---|---|
Age (yrs.) | 70.5 (8.9) |
Sex | |
Male (%) | 35 (49%) |
Female (%) | 37 (51%) |
Cancer site | |
Lung | 21 (29%) |
Colorectal | 15 (21%) |
Breast | 11 (15%) |
Prostate | 6 (8%) |
Pancreatic | 4 (5%) |
Time after diagnosis | |
< 6 months | 18 (25%) |
6 months – 1 year | 13 (18%) |
1–2 years | 16 (22%) |
2–5 years | 19 (26%) |
> 5 years | 6 (8%) |
Home care | |
No | 32 (44%) |
Personal care | 30 (42%) |
Medical care | 20 (28%) |
Housekeeping | 14 (19%) |
Missing | 1 (1%) |
What aspects of care do patients consider important?
Item | Patients | GPs | Home care |
---|---|---|---|
Care for physical and psychosocial well-being | |||
Support when in pain | 3.46 (3.32–3.61) | – | – |
Support when experiencing shortness of breath | 3.11 (2.90–3.31) | – | – |
Support when constipated | 2.94 (2.69–3.19) | – | – |
Support when feeling anxious | 2.85 (2.61–3.09) | – | – |
Support when feeling tired | 2.84 (2.62–3.06) | – | – |
Support when feeling depressed | 2.70 (2.45–2.94) | – | – |
Respect for autonomy | |||
Patient is involved in decisions about care | 3.63 (3.50–3.75) | 3.87 (3.78–3.95) | 3.96 (3.88–4.04) |
Professional caregivers take personal preferences into account | 3.58 (3.45–3.71) | – | – |
Information provision | |||
Professional caregivers give consistent information | 3.61 (3.48–3.74) | – | – |
Patient knows who the contact person is for care | 3.56 (3.41–3.70) | 3.66 (3.55–3.77) | 3.88 (3.75–4.02) |
Patient receives information about benefits and risks of treatment | 3.51 (3.34–3.69) | 3.63 (3.52–3.74) | – |
Professional caregivers explain things in a way patient understands | 3.51 (3.37–3.66) | – | – |
Patient receives information about expected course of the illness | 3.39 (3.19–3.58) | 3.61 (3.49–3.73) | – |