Table 1 Characteristics of interviewed participants
Interview number | Participant number | Sex | Main diagnosis | Other diagnoses/symptoms | Days in palliative care | Setting of the interview | Approach via |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | MUC 2 | f | ovarian cancer | metastasis of the bone, lung, gut and peritoneum; spinal cord compression with paraplegia, pain | 12 | palliative care unit | palliative care unit |
2 | MUC 3 | m | colon cancer | metastasis of the liver and peritoneum, pain, sleep disorder | 10 | home | outpatient palliative home care service |
3 | MUC 4 | m | chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) | heart failure, diabetes, osteochondrosis, dyspnoea | 180 | home | outpatient palliative home care service |
4 | MUC 6 | f | glioblastoma | epilepsy, difficult social conditions | 45 | home | outpatient palliative home care service |
5 | MUC 7 | m | pancreatic cancer | pain, cachexia, nausea | 30 | home | outpatient palliative home care service |
6 | MUC 8 | f | lung cancer | dyspnoea, pain | 12 | palliative care unit | palliative care unit |
7 | MUC 10 | f | leiomyosarcoma | pain, provision of care unclear | 23 | palliative care unit | palliative care unit |
8 | DUS 1 | f | anal cancer | local infiltration, pain, hypercalcemia, oral thrush, anxiety, sleep disorder | 28 | palliative care unit | palliative care unit |
9 | DUS 2 | f | breast cancer | metastasis of the bone; instable fractures of the spine; pain, anxiety | 40 | palliative care unit | inpatient palliative care consultation service |
10 | DUS 5 | m | cancer of unknown primary (CUP) | metastasis of the bone, lung and adrenal gland, pain oesophageal thrush, cachexia, obstipation, immobility, nausea, hypercalcemia, anxiety, restlessness | 28 | palliative care unit | palliative care unit |
11 | DUS 7 | f | glioblastoma | nausea, pain, vertigo, sight disorder | 53 | palliative care unit | palliative care unit |
12 | DUS 8 | m | bladder cancer | metastasis of the liver, local infiltration, depression, pain, nausea, immobility | 10 | urological ward | inpatient palliative care consultation service |