Impacto de los cuidados paliativos en la calidad de vida de pacientes en etapa terminal del Hospital General IESS Babahoyo, octubre 2024- mayo 2025.

Palliative care focuses on improving the quality of life of patients with serious or terminal illnesses, with the aim of alleviating emotional, physical, social and spiritual suffering. Objective: Determine the impact of palliative care on the quality of life of patients in the terminal stage of the IESS Babahoyo General Hospital, October 2024-May 2025. Methodology: The inductive-deductive method, quantitative modality, non-experimental design, descriptive, field and transversal type was used with 35 patients. A 12-question questionnaire validated by experts and the Karnofsky Scale were applied. Data analysis was performed using SPSS and minitab 2021. Results: The main pathologies in end-stage patients were cancer (23.7%), chronic kidney failure (23.7%) and chronic lung disease (23.7%); in the most used types of palliative care, fatigue management (28.9%), spiritual care and psychological support (26.3%) and nutritional support (15.8%); and the difficulties that limit the effectiveness of palliative care by nursing staff, emotional fatigue or stress (23.7%), patient and family culture (23.7%) and lack of specialized training (18.4%). Conclusion: Palliative care improves the quality of life in terminally ill patients.

• Autor Principal: Segura Segura, Ingrid Micaela (author)
• Outros autores: Sisa Gaglay, Karen Mariuxi (author)
• Formato: bachelorThesis
• Publicado: 2025
• Subjects: Cuidados paliativos; Calidad de vida; Paciente terminal; Enfermería
• Acceso en liña: http://dspace.utb.edu.ec/handle/49000/18544