Table 2 Quality of palliative care for various places of dead
Whole group N = 1368 (100%) | Home N = 430 (32%) | Residential care for the elderly N = 559 (41%) | Hospital N = 148 (11%) | Hospice N = 117 (9%) | Palliative care unita N = 76 (6%) | Other institutionb N = 34 (2%) | |
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M (SD) | M (SD) | M (SD) | M (SD) | M (SD) | M (SD) | M (SD) | |
General quality rating (0–10) | |||||||
Care provided to the patient in last week of life | 8.54 (1.56) | 8.87 (1.32) | 8.33 (1.58) | 7.82 (2.02) | 9.11 (1.07) | 8.52 (1.58) | 8.97 (1.31) |
Support by healthcare professionals for relatives before death of the patient | 8.26 (1.73) | 8.48 (1.64) | 8.11 (1.71) | 7.50 (2.23) | 8.88 (1.13) | 8.20 (1.67) | 9.03 (1.26) |
Support by healthcare professionals for relatives after death of the patient | 7.75 (2.23) | 7.80 (2.34) | 7.76 (2.02) | 6.82 (2.80) | 8.45 (1.65) | 7.67 (2.17) | 8.70 (2.02) |
CQId dimensions (1–4)c | |||||||
Care for the psychosocial/spiritual well-being of the patient | 3.65 (0.53) | 3.76 (0.42) | 3.61 (0.56) | 3.46 (0.68) | 3.73 (0.47) | 3.62 (0.53) | 3.75 (0.59) |
Care for the relative’s own psychosocial/spiritual well-being | 3.42 (0.75) | 3.52 (0.68) | 3.38 (0.72) | 2.96 (1.03) | 3.62 (0.66) | 3.43 (0.78) | 3.62 (0.52) |
Attitude to the relatives | 3.62 (0.53) | 3.76 (0.41) | 3.55 (0.54) | 3.36 (0.72) | 3.76 (0.37) | 3.65 (0.45) | 3.69 (0.59) |
Respect/care for autonomy | 3.59 (0.57) | 3.76 (0.42) | 3.54 (0.58) | 3.33 (0.79) | 3.63 (0.53) | 3.52 (0.57) | 3.60 (0.65) |
Information for the relative in the last week before death | 3.31 (0.62) | 3.34 (0.58) | 3.31 (0.60) | 3.02 (0.73) | 3.49 (0.55) | 3.31 (0.58) | 3.60 (0.64) |
Expertise | 3.44 (0.56) | 3.56 (0.49) | 3.35 (0.58) | 3.34 (0.65) | 3.55 (0.54) | 3.39 (0.55) | 3.54 (0.55) |