[Hospital care versus home nursing: on the quality of life of terminal tumor patients].
The present study investigated quality of life in 41 terminally ill cancer patients. Twenty-one of them received hospital care, 20 home-bound hospice care. These groups were comparable with respect to the patients' physical condition. The following variables were chosen as indicators of quality of life: perceived social support and social distress, coping with illness, perceived positive environmental factors, perceived control over daily activities and caring routines, contentedness with medical care and nursing, physical well-being. Assessment was made by means of a semi-structured interview. The data indicate that the home-bound care was superior with respect to the following variables: perceived positive environmental factors, perceived control over daily activities and caring routines, and contentedness with nursing. No differences between groups were found for any of the other variables.
Dessloch
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Fachbereich Psychologie, Philipps-Universität Marburg.
Maiworm
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Florin
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D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D006701:Home Nursing / Q000523:psychology*; D006760:Hospitalization; D006801:Humans; D007389:Internal-External Control; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000523:psychology*; D011788:Quality of Life; D012803:Sick Role; D012931:Social Environment; D013727:Terminal Care / Q000523:psychology*
Krankenhauspflege versus Hauskrankenpflege: Zur Lebensqualität bei terminalen Tumorpatienten.