How to define and quantify a bad death in palliative home care? Across-sectional and exploratory study using Canadian interRAI data

BMC Palliat Care. 2025 Mar 20;24(1):77. doi: 10.1186/s12904-025-01720-7.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: Dying is a complex process comprised of physical, social, cultural, spiritual, environmental, and interpersonal relationship factors that contribute to both good and bad death experiences. Bad deaths have historically been explored with a qualitative lens. This study aimed to identify key indicators of a bad death and examine predictors for each indicator using population-level data.METHODS: This cross-sectional study analyzed routinely collected clinical and sociodemographic data using the Resident Assessment Instrument for Home Care (RAI-HC) between April 2007 and March 2020. 16,586 home care clients aged 18 years and older who died and…
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