• J Pain Symptom Manage · Mar 2021

    Caregiving Experience and Other Factors Associated with Having End-of-Life Discussions: A Cross-sectional Study of a General Japanese Population.

    • Kyoko Hanari, Takehiro Sugiyama, Megumi Inoue, Thomas Mayers, and Nanako Tamiya.
    • Doctoral Programs in Medical Sciences, Department of Health Services Research, Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Sciences, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan; Health Services Research & Development Center, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan.
    • J Pain Symptom Manage. 2021 Mar 1; 61 (3): 522-530.e5.

    ContextThe factors associated with end-of-life discussion (EOLD) are not well elucidated; an understanding of these factors may help facilitate EOLD.ObjectivesTo investigate the associations between EOLD and experiences of the death of and/or care for a loved one and other factors.MethodsData from a nationwide anonymous questionnaire survey of public attitudes toward end-of-life medical care, conducted in December 2017 in Japan, were used. Participants were randomly selected from the general population (age ≥ 20 years), and respondents who completed the questionnaire were analyzed (respondents: n = 836; effective response rate: 13.9%). Respondents were divided into two groups based on their experience of EOLD: those who had engaged in EOLD and those who had not. The main predictors were the experiences of the death of and care for a loved one. Multivariable logistic regression analyses were performed.ResultsOf the 836 respondents (male: 55.6%, aged 65 and over: 43.5%), 43.7% reported their engagement in EOLD. In the analyses, "having experience of caring for a loved one" was associated with EOLD compared with never having experience (odds ratio 1.88, 95% confidence interval 1.35-2.64). However, having experience of the death of a loved one had no association.ConclusionFor health-care providers, it may be worth recognizing that the care experience of their patient's caregiver might affect the caregiver's own EOLD in the future.Copyright © 2020 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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