[Analysis of the factors involving in the success or failure of home infusion therapy (HIT)].
A survey was conducted from April through September, 1997, of 24 hospitalized terminal lung cancer patients connected to IVH and CSC, for whom the possibility of release from hospital was considered, and of their families. A comparative survey was made between patients who accepted HIT and those who did not. No difference was found between the groups by age, sex, or disease stage, nor was there a difference in physical symptoms such as pain and respiratory difficulty. However, the percentage of patients who were told the name of their disease was significantly higher in the group switched to HIT, 3 of whom were even given prognoses. There was no difference in the percentage of patients who lived with their families, although there was a higher percentage in the HIT group whose spouses also lived with the family. Nineteen of the 24 patients wished to return home, but 8 of those patients were not released from hospital for such reasons as the patient not wanting to be a burden on his or her family or the family's lack of ability to provide care. It was found that important factors in urging home care for the terminal cancer patient were whether or not the patient was told the name of his or her disease, and whether or not the patient lived with a healthy spouse.
Sumioka
N
N
Research Association of Home Infusion Therapy, Osaka Prefectural Habikino Hospital.
Araki
Y
Y
Takatani
M
M
Kozaki
Y
Y
Kuroda
K
K
Yamanaka
S
S
Kanamori
Y
Y
Kawase
I
I
D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D018575:Home Care Services, Hospital-Based; D018718:Home Infusion Therapy; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male; D013727:Terminal Care; D017211:Treatment Failure