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Voltz, Raymond, Bostrom, Kathleen ORCID: 0000-0002-3159-6535, Dojan, Thomas, Rosendahl, Carolin, Gehrke, Leonie, Shah-Hosseini, Kija ORCID: 0000-0001-9616-6942 and Kremeike, Kerstin . Is trained communication about desire to die harmful for patients receiving palliative care? A cohort study. Palliat. Med.. LONDON: SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD. ISSN 1477-030X

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Abstract

Background: Palliative patients frequently express a desire to die. Health professionals report uncertainty regarding potential risks of addressing it. Aim: We aim to evaluate effects of desire to die-conversations on palliative patients. Design: Within a prospective mixed-methods cohort study, we trained health professionals in dealing with desire to die. Afterwards, they held conversations about it with patients. Effects on depressiveness, hopelessness, wish to hasten death, death anxiety, patient-health professional-relationship, and will to live were evaluated at baseline (t0), 1 (t1), and 6 weeks afterwards (t2). Results were analyzed descriptively. Setting/participants: From April 2018 to March 2020, 43 health professionals asked 173 patients from all stationary and ambulatory palliative care settings (within 80 km radius) for participation. Complete assessments were obtained from n = 85 (t0), n = 64 (t1), and n = 46 (t2). Results: At t1, patients scored significantly lower on depressiveness (med = 8, M = 8.1, SD = 5.4) than at t0 (med = 9.5, M = 10.5, SD = 5.8) with Z = -3.220, p = 0.001 and Cohen's d = 0.42. This was due to medium-severely depressed patients: At t1, their depressiveness scores decreased significantly (med = 9, M = 9.8; SD = 5.1) compared to t0 (med = 14, M = 15.2; SD = 3.9) with Z = -3.730, p <= 0.000 and Cohen's d = 1.2, but others' did not. All other outcomes showed positive descriptive trends. Conclusions: Desire to die-conversations through trained health professionals do not harm palliative patients. Results cautiously suggest temporary improvement.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Voltz, Raymond UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Bostrom, Kathleen UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0002-3159-6535 UNSPECIFIED Dojan, Thomas UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Rosendahl, Carolin UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Gehrke, Leonie UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Shah-Hosseini, Kija UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0001-9616-6942 UNSPECIFIED Kremeike, Kerstin UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-564807
DOI:	10.1177/02692163211065671
Journal or Publication Title:	Palliat. Med.
Publisher:	SAGE PUBLICATIONS LTD
Place of Publication:	LONDON
ISSN:	1477-030X
Language:	English
Faculty:	Unspecified
Divisions:	Unspecified
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language DEATH; PHQ-9 Multiple languages Health Care Sciences & Services; Public, Environmental & Occupational Health; Medicine, General & Internal Multiple languages
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/56480