ASSESSING THE CURRENT STATUS OF MEETING PALLIATIVE CARE NEEDS FOR PEDIATRIC CANCER PATIENTS AT TAN TRIEU K HOSPITAL IN 2022

Thị Thùy Trang Nguyễn, Thị Mỹ Duyên Nguyễn

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Objectives: Assessing the current status of meeting palliative care needs for pediatric cancer patients at Tan Trieu K Hospital in 2022. Research subjects and methods: cross-sectional description conducted on 203 parents of pediatric patients to assess the current status of meeting palliative care needs for their children with a set of questions to assess need response at 3 levels with 34 subsections within 5 contents of meeting care needs. Palliative care: Physical support; Psychological and spiritual; Communication and relationships; Finance, social welfare; Medical information. Data analysis on SPSS 20.0 with tables describing the frequency and proportion of characteristics of pediatric patients, needs and requirements for palliative care for pediatric patients. Result: meeting the demand for medical information accounted for the highest proportion of the 5 contents of the response, all sub-categories were over 95%, the lowest was to meet the financial needs of social welfare: in which, support for treatment costs accounted for the highest proportion. is 85.4%. Conclusion: The main response is to support physical needs, support medical information and communication relationships. The content of psychological, financial, and social welfare support is still supported, but not enough.

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