Cuidados paliativos en pacientes con enfermedades crónicas avanzadas en el cantón Pasaje

Abstract

Abstract: Worldwide, the need for palliative care encompasses around 40 million people. The effectiveness of a palliative care strategy in the Pasaje canton was evaluated. The study was analytical quasi-experimental. The population consisted of an administrative officer, 14 doctors and nurses, and 48 patients in need of palliative care. Measures of central tendency, absolute frequencies, percentages were calculated, and to evaluate the effectiveness of the intervention, the Student's t test was performed for related samples. The results obtained were, the degree of implementation of the palliative care guide was low. The level of knowledge in 64% of the participants was medium. The predominant symptoms were lack of feeling of well-being 96%, lack of appetite 69%, pain 63% and depression 63%. Most of the symptoms were manifested with mild and moderate intensity. After the intervention, the level of knowledge was manifested as high and very high in a percentage of 54%, the presence and intensity of symptoms decreased, presenting a value of p = 0.000. The intervention was effective and it was statistically significant.