Choi Youn Seon, Hwang Sun Wook, Hwang In Cheol
Department of Family Medicine, Korea University Guro Hospital, Seoul, Korea.
Department of Family Medicine, The Catholic University of Korea Eunpyeong St. Mary's Hospital, Seoul, Korea.
J Hosp Palliat Care. 2024 Jun 1;27(2):82-86. doi: 10.14475/jhpc.2024.27.2.82.
This study examined the quality of life (QoL) and quality of care (QoC) in inpatient hospice settings in Korea before and during the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.
Data were obtained from three institutions that participated in two prospective cohort studies. The primary outcomes measured were the QoL of patients with terminal cancer and their family caregivers (FCs), as well as the QoC as perceived by the FCs.
Multivariable regression analysis revealed that during the COVID-19 pandemic, both patients and FCs experienced better QoL than before the pandemic, and FCs reported a higher QoC.
Health policymakers should consider our findings when planning for future pandemics.
本研究调查了2019年冠状病毒病（COVID-19）大流行之前及期间韩国住院临终关怀机构中的生活质量（QoL）和护理质量（QoC）。
数据来自参与两项前瞻性队列研究的三个机构。测量的主要结果是晚期癌症患者及其家庭照顾者（FCs）的生活质量，以及FCs所感知的护理质量。
多变量回归分析显示，在COVID-19大流行期间，患者和FCs的生活质量均比大流行之前有所改善，并且FCs报告护理质量更高。
卫生政策制定者在规划未来大流行应对措施时应考虑我们的研究结果。
