Research Article
Concordance between Experiences of Bereaved Relatives, Physicians, and Nurses with Hospital End-of-Life Care: Everyone Has Their “Own Truth”
Table 6
Communication about impending death and its relation to patients and relatives’ awareness, their death preparation, and satisfaction with care (
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| | | Patient (according to relative) | Relative | | | Was aware of impending death | Was in peace | Said goodbye | Was aware of impending death | Was satisfied about symptom management during final 24 h. | Was satisfied about social and emotional support final 24 h. | Said goodbye | Was present at deathbed | | (%)a | (%)a | (%)a | (%)a | (%)a | (%)a | (%)a | (%)a |
| Physician reported to have informed relative about the patient’s impending death () and relative reported to have been informed | | | | | | | | | | Yes | 119 | 43 (36) | 50 (42) | 62 (52) | 75 (63) | 98 (82) | 90 (76) | 76 (64) | 110 (92) | No | 55 | 16 (29) | 23 (42) | 22 (40) | 15 (27) | 38 (69) | 29 (53) | 20 (36) | 41 (75) | Physician reported to have discussed impending death with the patient | | | | | | | | | | Yes | 114 | 47 (41) | 52 (46) | 66 (58) | 61 (54) | 85 (71) | 71 (62) | 67 (59) | 98 (86) | No | 86 | 12 (14) | 25 (29) | 23 (27) | 35 (41) | 62 (72) | 57 (66) | 34 (40) | 66 (77) | Nurse reported to have discussed impending death with the patient | | | | | | | | | | Yes | 72 | 35 (49) | 39 (54) | 50 (69) | 39 (54) | 56 (77) | 52 (72) | 48 (67) | 68 (94) | No | 128 | 26 (20) | 39 (30) | 40 (31) | 58 (45) | 93 (73) | 78 (61) | 55 (43) | 99 (77) |
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Row percentages. Italic = in table (Pearson’s Chi square).
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