年长的丹麦人对最后几天的偏好:对1499名参与者的调查
Anne Lund Krarup1,2, Matilde A A Eriksen1, Mike Bundgaard Astorp1,2
1Faculty of Clinical Medicine, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark.
Palliative medicine reports
|October 20, 2025
概括
许多老年人害怕痛苦和孤独的死亡,更喜欢在家里死去. 然而,大多数人没有记录他们的终身护理愿望,强调需要事先指示.
科学领域:
- 老年学是指老年学的学科.
- 抚慰性护理是一种缓解性护理.
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
背景情况:
- 尽管人口老龄化,生命终端护理文档有限.
- 对终身护理的关注越来越多.
- 这项研究涉及对最后几天和死亡地点的愿望.
研究的目的:
- 探索老年人的终身护理愿望和期望.
- 为了确定对死亡地点的偏好.
- 评估生命终端偏好的文档.
主要方法:
- 一项电子调查分发给了丹麦年龄协会的6000名成员.
- 该问卷是与医疗保健专业人员和老年人合作开发的.
- 1499名受访者完成了匿名调查.
主要成果:
- 57%的人害怕疼痛,87%的人更喜欢昏昏欲睡而不是疼痛.
- 69%的人担心独自死去;许多人担心成为负担.
- 61%的人更喜欢在家里死去,46%的人更喜欢在临终关怀中死去.
- 94%的人希望对终身治疗和死亡地点有所控制.
- 几乎一半的人没有记录他们的生命结束愿望.
结论:
- 老年人对痛苦,孤独和成为别人的负担表示严重的恐惧.
- 家庭和临终关怀医院是人们最喜欢的死亡地点.
- 偏好和记录的预先指示之间存在很大的差距.
- 促进预先指令对于将终身护理与患者愿望相协调至关重要.
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