Boston, Not a few people with severe cancer who choose home as a place to breathe his last breath. Sure enough, it will die of cancer patients in a calm and family will feel better emotionally when at home.
According to the Journal of Clinical Oncology, doing home care for patients with severe cancer can not only save money, but also can reduce the pain physically and emotionally.
"Cancer patients who died in the ICU or hospital will feel the physical and emotional pain even worse. In addition, the quality of life even worse," said Dr. Alexi Wright of the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston, as reported by Reuters, Tuesday (14/09/2010).
Dr Wright explained, if the patient is aware that a more aggressive treatment (such as in hospitals) not only can affect the quality of life, but also their loved ones after death, then the patient will be able to make different choices, which is being treated at home.
To observe this condition, Wright's team studied 342 patients with terminal cancer (stage end) and his family until the patient dies, usually about 4.5 months later.
"From the survey results, most cancer patients prefer to die at home, 36 percent died in hospitals and 8 percent died in the intensive care unit (ICU)," said Dr Wright.
According to Dr. Wright, when cancer patients died in the ICU, family and people he loved five times more likely to be diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder or post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
"This is the first study showing that families of patients who died in the ICU are at high risk for developing PTSD," said Dr Wright.
Families and loved ones of patients who died in the hospital are also more likely to have prolonged grief disorder and discontinuation of sadness that lasts more than six months.
The study shows, home care can not only alleviate the suffering of terminal cancer patients, but also can help patients live slightly longer.
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