在不同护理环境中,高级癌症患者的症状严重程度和进展的比较:二次分析
Ryuto Shiraishi1, Yoshiyuki Kizawa2, Masanori Mori3
1Department of Palliative Medicine, Kobe University School of Medicine, Kobe, Japan.
Palliative medicine reports
|June 26, 2023
概括
在家接受息护理的患者最初经历了更多的症状恶化,但在调整后,与息护理单位 (PCU) 相比没有显著差异. 这表明,家庭息治疗可以在治疗晚期癌症患者的症状方面同样有效.
科学领域:
- 在瘤学瘤学.
- 抚慰性护理是一种缓解性护理.
- 老年病的医生 老年病的医生
背景情况:
- 在日本,许多晚期癌症患者更喜欢在家进行终身护理.
- 以前的研究表明,在家庭息护理环境中,可能会导致症状恶化.
- 这项研究解决了患者偏好和观察到的结果之间的差异.
研究的目的:
- 为了比较晚期癌症患者在家中接受息护理的症状恶化的患病率与息护理单位 (PCU) 的情况.
- 在不同的息护理环境中确定与症状恶化相关的因素.
- 在日本为最佳的终身护理策略提供信息.
主要方法:
- 两个多中心的二次分析,前性队列研究.
- 涉及的患者患有晚期癌症,在日本的PCU或家中接受息治疗.
- 症状变化 (疼痛,昏昏欲睡,呼吸障碍) 被归类为稳定,改善或恶化.
主要成果:
- 与PCU患者相比,家庭护理患者的初始疼痛率 (17.1%对3.8%) 和嗜睡恶化率 (32.6%对22.2%) 较高.
- 多变量分析表明,在未经调整的模型中,家庭息护理与呼吸障碍恶化有关 (OR 1.42).
- 然而,在调整了患者背景因素后,在家庭和PCU护理之间没有发现整体症状恶化的显著差异.
结论:
- 在调整患者特征后,在家中症状恶化的最初更高患病率在统计学上并不显著.
- 在晚期癌症患者的症状管理方面,家庭息护理与PCU相似.
- 研究结果支持在家终身护理的可行性,当偏好与临床结果一致时.
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