Development of the Readiness for Home-Based Palliative Care Scale (RHBPCS) for Primary Family Caregivers

Abstract

In Chinese or Eastern society, most end-of-life (EOL) patients still choose to die at home. However, primary family caregivers usually do not prepare themselves to face the death of patients. Therefore, a measurement of the readiness for home-based palliative care for primary family caregivers is needed. In this study, the readiness for home-based palliative care scale (RHBPCS) for primary family caregivers was developed to assess the readiness of primary family caregivers. This study recruited 103 participants from five branches of one municipal hospital system. The reliability and validity of the RHBPCS was evaluated using expert validity examination, confirmatory factor analysis (CFA), and item analysis. The results showed that the RHBPCS had strong goodness-of-fit and good reliability and validity. In summary, the RHBPCS is suggested for assessing the readiness for home-based palliative care of primary family caregivers.

Opinion and Sentiment Analysis of Palliative Care in the Era of COVID-19

“…Since an increasing number of people share their health information and seek healthcare information on social media, where misinformation can quickly spread, it is critical to investigate the types of information about palliative care circulating on social media. The pandemic has amplified how quickly information and opinions spread on social media and how such information impacts people’s behavior [ 13 , 14 ].…”