Unmet needs in palliative care for patients with common non-cancer diseases: a cross-sectional study

BMC Palliat Care. 2022 Aug 30;21(1):151. doi: 10.1186/s12904-022-01040-0.ABSTRACTBACKGROUND: Non-cancer patients experience the chronic process of disease that increases the patients’ suffering as well as families’ care burden. Although two-thirds of deaths are caused by non-cancer diseases, there is a lack of studies on palliative care for non-cancer patients. This study identified the palliative care needs and satisfaction, anxiety and depression, and health-related quality of life (HRQOL) of non-cancer patients and identified the factors influencing their HRQOL.METHODS: A cross-sectional survey design was employed. Participants were 114 non-cancer patients with chronic heart failure, stroke, end-stage renal disease, or end-stage liver disease who…
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