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Prevalence of life-limiting and life-threatening illness and associated palliative care needs among hospital inpatients in Sudan.
Journal of Pain and Symptom Management 2021 July 11
CONTEXT: Evidence is needed to inform expansion of hospital-based palliative care in low- and middle-income countries.
OBJECTIVES: This study aimed to measure need for palliative care among adult inpatients at 5 hospitals in Sudan. Objectives were to a) measure point prevalence of life-limiting and life-threatening illness (LL/LTI); b) determine patient insight into diagnosis and prognosis; c) assess palliative care-related symptoms and concerns.
METHODS: In this two-day census, data were extracted from charts on documented LL/LTI for each occupied bed. For patients with LL/LTI, self-report data was collected on symptoms, concerns and understanding of diagnosis and prognosis using Integrated African Palliative Outcome Scale (IAPOS).
RESULTS: a) Prevalence of LL/LTI in general hospitals was 30.9-70.5%. b) N=439 patients gave self-report data (response rate 89.8%). Mean age was 52.3 (SD 17.8), 59% of patients correctly knew their diagnosis, and 36% knew their illness was progressive. Those with a non-cancer diagnosis were significantly less likely to know their prognosis (28.4% vs 40.7% respectively, p=0.012). c) Family anxiety was most burdensome (56.7% scoring on the two most severe categories on a 6-point Likert), followed by pain (52.4%), poor mobility (40.5%), patient worry (39.9%), and fatigue (36.9%). Patients unaware of prognosis had higher total IAPOS scores (38.9 vs 33.9, p=0.001).
CONCLUSION: Care for those with life-limiting and life-threatening illness places a significant occupancy burden on public hospitals. Communication skills are required to provide patients with insight, and core palliative care skills for acute hospital clinicians are needed to manage the high burden of symptoms and concerns.
OBJECTIVES: This study aimed to measure need for palliative care among adult inpatients at 5 hospitals in Sudan. Objectives were to a) measure point prevalence of life-limiting and life-threatening illness (LL/LTI); b) determine patient insight into diagnosis and prognosis; c) assess palliative care-related symptoms and concerns.
METHODS: In this two-day census, data were extracted from charts on documented LL/LTI for each occupied bed. For patients with LL/LTI, self-report data was collected on symptoms, concerns and understanding of diagnosis and prognosis using Integrated African Palliative Outcome Scale (IAPOS).
RESULTS: a) Prevalence of LL/LTI in general hospitals was 30.9-70.5%. b) N=439 patients gave self-report data (response rate 89.8%). Mean age was 52.3 (SD 17.8), 59% of patients correctly knew their diagnosis, and 36% knew their illness was progressive. Those with a non-cancer diagnosis were significantly less likely to know their prognosis (28.4% vs 40.7% respectively, p=0.012). c) Family anxiety was most burdensome (56.7% scoring on the two most severe categories on a 6-point Likert), followed by pain (52.4%), poor mobility (40.5%), patient worry (39.9%), and fatigue (36.9%). Patients unaware of prognosis had higher total IAPOS scores (38.9 vs 33.9, p=0.001).
CONCLUSION: Care for those with life-limiting and life-threatening illness places a significant occupancy burden on public hospitals. Communication skills are required to provide patients with insight, and core palliative care skills for acute hospital clinicians are needed to manage the high burden of symptoms and concerns.
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