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Describing Complexity in Palliative Home Care Through HexCom : A Cross-Sectional, Multicenter Study
Busquet-Duran, Xavier (Universitat de Vic - Universitat Central de Catalunya)
Jiménez-Zafra, Eva Maria (Institut Català de la Salut. Servei d'Atenció Primària del Vallès Oriental)
Manresa, J. M (Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona. Departament d'Infermeria)
Tura-Poma, Magda (Institut Català de la Salut. Servei d'Atenció Primària del Vallès Oriental)
Bosch-de la Rosa, Olga (Psychosocial Care Team (EAPS))
Moragas-Roca, Anna (Institut Català de la Salut. Servei d'Atenció Primària del Vallès Oriental)
Galera Padilla, Maria Concepción (Institut Català de la Salut. Servei d'Atenció Primària del Vallès Oriental)
Martin Moreno, Susana (Institut Català de la Salut. Servei d'Atenció Primària del Vallès Oriental)
Martínez-Losada, Emilio (Institut Català de la Salut. Servei d'Atenció Primària del Vallès Oriental)
Crespo-Ramírez, Silvia (Psychosocial Care Team (EAPS))
López-Garcia, Ana Isabel (Institut Català de la Salut. Servei d'Atenció Primària del Vallès Oriental)
Torán Montserrat, Pere (Institut Universitari d'Investigació en Atenció Primària Jordi Gol)

Date: 2020
Abstract: Complexity has become a core issue in caring for patients with advanced disease and/or at the end-of-life. The Hexagon of Complexity (HexCom) is a complexity assessment model in the process of validation in health-care settings. Our objective is to use the instrument to describe differences in complexity across disease groups in specific home care for advanced disease and/or at the end-of-life patients, both in general and as relates to each domain and subdomain. Cross-sectional study of home care was conducted in Catalonia. The instrument includes 6 domains of needs (clinical, psychological/emotional, social/family, spiritual, ethical, and death-related), 4 domains of resources (intrapersonal, interpersonal, transpersonal, and practical), and 3 levels of complexity (High (H), Moderate (M), and Low (L)). Interdisciplinary home care teams assessed and agreed on the level of complexity for each patient. Forty-three teams participated (74. 1% of those invited). A total of 832 patients were assessed, 61. 4% of which were cancer patients. Moderate complexity was observed in 385 (47. 0%) cases and high complexity in 347 (42. 4%). The median complexity score was 51 for cancer patients and 23 for patients with dementia (p<0. 001). We observed the highest level of complexity in the social/family domain. Patients/families most frequently used interpersonal resources (80. 5%). This study sheds light on the high-intensity work of support teams, the importance of the social/family domain and planning the place of death, substantial differences in needs and resources across disease groups, and the importance of relationship wellbeing at the end-of-life.
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Language: Anglès
Document: Article ; recerca ; Versió publicada
Subject: Home care services ; Palliative care ; Terminally ill ; Terminal care ; Non-cancer patient ; Complexity ; Interdisciplinary research
Published in: Journal of Multidisciplinary Healthcare, Vol. 13 (march 2020) , p. 297-308, ISSN 1178-2390

DOI: 10.2147/JMDH.S240835
PMID: 32256078


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