Objectives: To investigate the needs of patients in palliative care at home and apply information technology to the care process to bring convenience and savings to the patients.
Subjects and methods: Crosssectional descriptive design was conducted with a sample size of 80 people with stage IV cancers being treated in the Oncology Department - Palliative care at Hue Central General Hospital Second Branch from November 2019 to November 2020.
Results: The proportion of the sample in high needs of palliative care was 81%. Patients needing to provide treatment information was more than 80%, 60% of whom actually knew the disease situation. The needs for specialized nursing were 77.5%, the needs for care to control symptoms and nutrition counseling accounted for two-thirds of the patients. 80% of patients needed family support, whereas 78.8% of people needed support to reduce boredom. Materialistic needs group: Accounting for the highest proportion was the needs to provide information on financial problems (82.5%), the needs for financial support was 65%.
Conclusion: The role of palliative care at home is essential and needs to be developed at the beginning of treatment to reduce the burden on patients and families
The role of care managers in terminal care at home