Clinicians' Practice and Opinions on Sedation Therapy in End-Stage Patients

Objective To investigate clinicians' practice and opinions on sedation therapy in end-stage patients at Peking Union Medical College Hospital. Methods From August,2022 to April,2023,an online questionnaire survey was conducted among clinicians involved in end-stage patient management. Results A total of 205 questionnaires were distributed,with an effective response rate of 56.1%.Among the clinicians,55.7% of them had experience of applying sedation therapy in end-stage patients;85.2% of clinicians believed that sedation could relieve the suffering of terminal patients from physical refractory symptoms;75.7% of clinicians considered that sedation therapy could be used to relieve agony from psycho-existential distress.Most clinicians had concerns about sedation therapy due to the lack of legal support(86.1%)and the lack of understanding of patients or families(59.1%).The majority (90.4%) of clinicians were willing to receive training on palliative sedation. Conclusions A majority of clinicians agree that sedation therapy could relieve the physical distress and psycho-existential distress in end-stage patients.However,most clinicians have concerns about the application of sedation therapy due to the lack of legal support.It is necessary to enhance the training on palliative sedation.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:46

Enthalten in:

Zhongguo yi xue ke xue yuan xue bao. Acta Academiae Medicinae Sinicae - 46(2024), 1 vom: 04. Feb., Seite 62-67

Sprache:

Chinesisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Yu, Jia-Wen [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Hong-Ju [VerfasserIn]
Peng, Jin-Min [VerfasserIn]
Dai, Xiao-Yan [VerfasserIn]
Zheng, Ying [VerfasserIn]
Shi, Di [VerfasserIn]
Ning, Xiao-Hong [VerfasserIn]
Huang, Yu-Guang [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

End-stage patient
English Abstract
Journal Article
Palliative care
Refractory symptom
Sedation

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Date Completed 05.03.2024

Date Revised 05.03.2024

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.3881/j.issn.1000-503X.15861

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM369235053