Home or hospital as the place of end-of-life care and death: A survey among Chinese residents of Macao
ObjectivesThe study was the first to explore Chinese residents' preferred place of care at the end of life and preferred place of death in Macao.MethodsA cross-sectional questionnaire survey was conducted online and face-to-face. The questionnaire was designed in Chinese, and both online and fa...
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| description | ObjectivesThe study was the first to explore Chinese residents' preferred place of care at the end of life and preferred place of death in Macao.MethodsA cross-sectional questionnaire survey was conducted online and face-to-face. The questionnaire was designed in Chinese, and both online and face-to-face surveys were conducted in Chinese. The study was conducted in Macao. Macao residents aged 18 years and older were recruited.ResultsA total of 737 responses were valid, 65% were female, aged between 19 and 101 years; 43.4% of respondents preferred to be cared for at home in the last 6 months; however, less than one-fifth preferred to die at home. One-third of respondents chose to die in the hospice, and over a quarter of them preferred to die in hospitals. Compared with people aged between 18 and 39 years, people aged between 40 and 64 years did not want to be cared for at home in the last 6 months, and they did not want to die at home either.ConclusionThe results of the study suggested that there is a need for palliative home care in Macao, and the government should consider developing such a service and review current laws and regulations in supporting the service. Education is equally important for healthcare professionals, enabling them to support palliative care development in the community. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-8738b6072c75498ebd59ecc340d150932023-01-27T04:56:28ZengFrontiers Media S.A.Frontiers in Public Health2296-25652023-01-011110.3389/fpubh.2023.10431441043144Home or hospital as the place of end-of-life care and death: A survey among Chinese residents of MacaoKuai In TamSok Leng CheMingxia ZhuSok Man LeongObjectivesThe study was the first to explore Chinese residents' preferred place of care at the end of life and preferred place of death in Macao.MethodsA cross-sectional questionnaire survey was conducted online and face-to-face. The questionnaire was designed in Chinese, and both online and face-to-face surveys were conducted in Chinese. The study was conducted in Macao. Macao residents aged 18 years and older were recruited.ResultsA total of 737 responses were valid, 65% were female, aged between 19 and 101 years; 43.4% of respondents preferred to be cared for at home in the last 6 months; however, less than one-fifth preferred to die at home. One-third of respondents chose to die in the hospice, and over a quarter of them preferred to die in hospitals. Compared with people aged between 18 and 39 years, people aged between 40 and 64 years did not want to be cared for at home in the last 6 months, and they did not want to die at home either.ConclusionThe results of the study suggested that there is a need for palliative home care in Macao, and the government should consider developing such a service and review current laws and regulations in supporting the service. Education is equally important for healthcare professionals, enabling them to support palliative care development in the community.https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2023.1043144/fullpalliative carepreferred place of deathpreferred place of end-of-life careend-of-life decision makingpalliative home care |
| spellingShingle | Kuai In Tam Sok Leng Che Mingxia Zhu Sok Man Leong Home or hospital as the place of end-of-life care and death: A survey among Chinese residents of Macao Frontiers in Public Health palliative care preferred place of death preferred place of end-of-life care end-of-life decision making palliative home care |
| title | Home or hospital as the place of end-of-life care and death: A survey among Chinese residents of Macao |
| title_full | Home or hospital as the place of end-of-life care and death: A survey among Chinese residents of Macao |
| title_fullStr | Home or hospital as the place of end-of-life care and death: A survey among Chinese residents of Macao |
| title_full_unstemmed | Home or hospital as the place of end-of-life care and death: A survey among Chinese residents of Macao |
| title_short | Home or hospital as the place of end-of-life care and death: A survey among Chinese residents of Macao |
| title_sort | home or hospital as the place of end of life care and death a survey among chinese residents of macao |
| topic | palliative care preferred place of death preferred place of end-of-life care end-of-life decision making palliative home care |
| url | https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpubh.2023.1043144/full |
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