Calling emergency medical services for terminally ill patients: a qualitative study exploring reasons why informal caregivers make the call

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Výsledek na webu

<a href="https://doi.org/10.1097/MEJ.0000000000001119" target="_blank" >https://doi.org/10.1097/MEJ.0000000000001119</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/MEJ.0000000000001119" target="_blank" >10.1097/MEJ.0000000000001119</a>

Jazyk výsledku

angličtina

Název v původním jazyce

Calling emergency medical services for terminally ill patients: a qualitative study exploring reasons why informal caregivers make the call

Popis výsledku v původním jazyce

BACKGROUND: Although emergency medical service is focused on providing acute prehospital treatment, it is often used by terminally ill patients and their informal caregivers during the last days of patient&apos;s life. Little is known about why they decide to use the emergency medical services. STUDY OBJECTIVE: The aim was to explore informal caregivers&apos; motivation and decision-making process for calling emergency medical services for their terminally ill loved ones. METHODS: This study used a qualitative design. Data were collected by semi-structured interviews with 31 relatives of 30 patients who used the emergency medical services. Data were analyzed with NVivo software by utilizing principles of thematic analysis. RESULTS: Through the analysis, four distinct themes emerged: (1) limited availability of support from health care services; (2) insufficient planning of care; (3) decline in the health of the patient and (4) being lost and desperate. CONCLUSION: For informal caregivers, emergency medical services represented an important source of support while caring for their terminally ill loved ones due to the limited availability of other sources of help, including a lack of specialist palliative care providers. Additionally, informal caregivers had limited knowledge of the dying process and used emergency medical services for professional advice.

Název v anglickém jazyce

Calling emergency medical services for terminally ill patients: a qualitative study exploring reasons why informal caregivers make the call

Popis výsledku anglicky

BACKGROUND: Although emergency medical service is focused on providing acute prehospital treatment, it is often used by terminally ill patients and their informal caregivers during the last days of patient&apos;s life. Little is known about why they decide to use the emergency medical services. STUDY OBJECTIVE: The aim was to explore informal caregivers&apos; motivation and decision-making process for calling emergency medical services for their terminally ill loved ones. METHODS: This study used a qualitative design. Data were collected by semi-structured interviews with 31 relatives of 30 patients who used the emergency medical services. Data were analyzed with NVivo software by utilizing principles of thematic analysis. RESULTS: Through the analysis, four distinct themes emerged: (1) limited availability of support from health care services; (2) insufficient planning of care; (3) decline in the health of the patient and (4) being lost and desperate. CONCLUSION: For informal caregivers, emergency medical services represented an important source of support while caring for their terminally ill loved ones due to the limited availability of other sources of help, including a lack of specialist palliative care providers. Additionally, informal caregivers had limited knowledge of the dying process and used emergency medical services for professional advice.

Druh

J_imp - Článek v periodiku v databázi Web of Science

CEP obor

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OECD FORD obor

30221 - Critical care medicine and Emergency medicine

Projekt

—

Návaznosti

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Rok uplatnění

2024

Kód důvěrnosti údajů

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Název periodika

European Journal of Emergency Medicine

ISSN

0969-9546

e-ISSN

1473-5695

Svazek periodika

31

Číslo periodika v rámci svazku

3

Stát vydavatele periodika

US - Spojené státy americké

Počet stran výsledku

6

Strana od-do

195-200

Kód UT WoS článku

001234177300018

EID výsledku v databázi Scopus

2-s2.0-85191554520