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Thesis
Title:
Lebensqualität pflegender Angehöriger in der Sterbephase von Krebspatienten: Vergleich zwischen einer Palliativstation und häuslicher Versorgung
Other titles:
Health-related quality of life in family caregivers of dying cancer patients: a comparison between a specialist palliative care unit and a home care setting
Description:
Background: Not much is known about quality of life of caregivers of dying relatives in Germany. Methods: The survey was carried out at the palliative care unit of the Centre for Anaesthesiology, Emergency and Intensive Care Medicine at the University of Goettingen. Questionnaires were sent to caregivers of deceased cancer patients who had either died in the palliative care unit or in a home care setting, in order to capture caregivers' quality of life, burden, satisfaction and problems like sleep disorder, shortage of leisure time and financial hardships during the dying process. We calcul...