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NVI-rapporteringsår: 2019
Resultat
Vitenskapelig artikkel
2019

Opioids, Pain Management, and Palliative Care in a Norwegian Nursing Home From 2013 to 2018

Bidragsytere:
  • Liv Wergeland Sørbye
  • Simen Alexander Steindal
  • Mary Kalfoss og
  • Olaug Elisabeth Vibe

Tidsskrift

Health Services Insights (HSI Journal)
ISSN 1178-6329
e-ISSN 1178-6329
NVI-nivå 1

Om resultatet

Vitenskapelig artikkel
Publiseringsår: 2019
Publisert online: 2019
Volum: 12
Sider: 1 - 8
Open Access

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Scopus-ID: 2-s2.0-85083835828

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Tittel

Opioids, Pain Management, and Palliative Care in a Norwegian Nursing Home From 2013 to 2018

Sammendrag

In Norway, approximately 50% of older people die in nursing homes (NH). Holistic care and pharmacological management are key factors in quality at the end of life. The purpose of this longitudinal study was to describe the use of opioids in an NH during a 5-year period. We focused on palliative care, symptoms, and suffering during the last 3 days before death. Data were collected from spring 2013 to spring 2018. We used the interRAI assessment instrument annually and when the resident died. We conducted a semi-structured interview with nurses on duty at the deathbed. At the time of death, the residents had an average age of 88.9 years and an average stay of 2.9 years (N = 100). At the first assessment, 19% of the residents used 1 or more type of opioids. On the day of death, 55% had an active prescription for opioids, mainly as subcutaneous injections. The results illustrate the different uses of opioids, including managing pain, dyspnoea, sedation, for comfort, as a prophylaxis, or a combination of reasons. Cancer- and cardiovascular diagnoses were the strongest predictor for using morphine (P 

Bidragsytere

Aktiv cristin-person

Liv Wergeland Sørbye

  • Tilknyttet:
    Forfatter
    ved Institutt for helse ved VID vitenskapelige høgskole
Aktiv cristin-person

Simen Alexander Steindal

  • Tilknyttet:
    Forfatter
    ved Lovisenberg diakonale høgskole
Aktiv cristin-person

Mary Kalfoss

  • Tilknyttet:
    Forfatter
    ved Institutt for helse ved VID vitenskapelige høgskole

Olaug Elisabeth Vibe

  • Tilknyttet:
    Forfatter
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