Tan, Seng Beng and Tan, Ting Ting and Tan, Maw Pin and Loo, Kim Kee and Lim, Poh Khuen and Ng, Chong Guan and Loh, Ee Chin and Lam, Chee Loong (2022) Contributing and relieving factors of suffering in palliative care cancer patients: A descriptive study. Omega-Journal of Death and Dying, 85 (3). pp. 732-752. ISSN 0030-2228, DOI https://doi.org/10.1177/0030222820942642.
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To palliate suffering, understanding the circumstances leading to suffering and its amelioration could be helpful. Our study aimed to explore contributing and relieving factors of suffering in palliative care. Adult palliative care stage III or IV cancer in-patients were recruited from University of Malaya Medical Centre. Participants recorded their overall suffering score from 0 to 10 three times daily, followed by descriptions of their contributing and relieving factors. Factors of suffering were thematically analysed with NVIVO. Descriptive data were analysed with SPSS. 108 patients participated. The most common contributing factor of suffering was health factor (96.3%), followed by healthcare factor (78.7%), psychological factor (63.0%) and community factor (20.4%). The most common relieving factor was health factor (88.9%), followed by psychological factor (78.7%), community factor (75.9%) and healthcare factor (70.4%). Self-reported assessment of suffering offers a rapid approach to detect bothering issues that require immediate attention and further in-depth exploration.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Funders: | None |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Cancer; Suffering; Quality of life; Supportive care; Spiritual care |
| Subjects: | R Medicine > R Medicine (General) R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine R Medicine > RM Therapeutics. Pharmacology R Medicine > RT Nursing |
| Divisions: | Faculty of Medicine > Medicine Department Faculty of Medicine > Psychological Medicine Department |
| Depositing User: | Ms. Juhaida Abd Rahim |
| Date Deposited: | 19 Oct 2023 02:34 |
| Last Modified: | 23 Oct 2023 08:54 |
| URI: | http://eprints.um.edu.my/id/eprint/41843 |
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