A new study in the Archives of Internal Medicine identifies the "Factors Important to Patients' Quality of Life at the End of Life." Factors tending to negatively affect QOL include:
- Intensive care unit stay, −5.61
- Death in the hospital, −3.03
- Worry or anxiousness, −0.39
- Chemotherapy during the last week of life, −3.46
- Feeding tube during the last week of life, −3.54
Factors tending to positively affect QOL include:
- Pastoral care in the hospital or clinic, 1.60
- Therapeutic alliance with physician, 1.45
- Religious activities prior to cancer diagnosis, 0.66
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