This study presents a conceptual model of the critical services in home-based palliative care and why these services are important to high-risk patients. This model may be used to guide further research and evaluation work on the benefits of home-based palliative care.
Communication Scale (PACS) were used for this study. Total PACS and subscale (Open Communication, Problem Communication) scores for communication of children with mothers (N¼76) and fathers (N¼62) were generated. Descriptive statistics, t-tests, and Pearson correlations were used to summarize and analyze the data.
Results.No statistically significant associations of child characteristics with child reports of communication with their mothers were found. However, several significant associations were observed for reports on communication with fathers. Lower PACS Openness scores were associated with increasing age (r¼-0.26,p¼0.039). Females had lower openness (t¼2.18;p¼0.034) and overall scores (t¼2.24;p¼0.029) than males. Children who had undergone radiation had lower overall scores than those who had not (t¼2.12,p¼0.038); those who had bone marrow transplants had lower problem scores than those who had not (t¼2.03,p¼0.047).
Conclusion.Child age, gender, and treatment char-
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