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Table 4 Effect of PDQ on patients’ PCQ-P scores (N = 30)

From: The dignified approach to care: a pilot study using the patient dignity question as an intervention to enhance dignity and person-centred care for people with palliative care needs in the acute hospital setting

PCQ-P question: I experience the climate here as a place …

Decrease

No change

Increase

Missing

 

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

N (%)

Where the staff are knowledgeable

6 (20.0%)

18 (60.0%)

6 (20.0%)

0 (0%)

Where I rely on receiving best care

3 (10.0%)

19 (63.3%)

8 (26.7%)

0 (0%)

Where I feel in safe hands

5 (16.7%)

16 (53.3%)

9 (30%)

0 (0%)

Where I feel welcome

5 (16.7%)

17 (56.7%)

8 (26.7%)

0 (0%)

Where It is easy to talk to staff

4 (13.3%)

13 (43.3%)

13 (43.3%)

0 (0%)

Where the staff take notice of what I say

8 (26.7%)

16 (53.3%)

6 (20.0%)

0 (0%)

Where the staff come quickly when I need help

5 (16.7%)

19 (63.3%)

6 (20.0%)

0 (0%)

Where the staff use a language I can understand

6 (20.0%)

17 (56.7%)

7 (23.3%)

 

Which is neat and clean

4 (13.3%)

19 (63.3%)

7 (23.3%)

 

Where the staff have time for the patients

4 (13.3%)

18 (60.0%)

7 (23.3%)

1 (3.3%)

Where there is something nice to look at

5 (16.7%)

14 (46.7%)

11 (36.7%)

0 (0%)

Which feels homely even though I am in an institution

5 (16.7%)

16 (53.3%)

8 (26.7%)

1 (3.3%)

Where it is possible to get unpleasant thoughts out of my head

6 (20%)

15 (50.0%)

9 (30.0%)

0 (0%)

Where people talk about ordinary things not just illness

5 (16.7%)

14 (46.7%)

11(36.7%)

0 (0%)

Where the staff make a little extra effort on my behalf

7 (23.3%)

19 (63.3%)

4 (13.3%)

0 (0%)

Where I have choices, for example what to wear

6 (20.0%)

17 (56.7%)

7 (23.3%)

0 (0%)

Where I can get “that little bit extra”

7 (23.3%)

13 (43.3%)

10 (33.3%)

0 (0%)