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. 2021 Oct 28;20(1):169.
doi: 10.1186/s12904-021-00867-3.

Palliative care needs of patients with multiple sclerosis in southeast Iran

Fatemeh Dadsetan  1 , Parvin Mangolian Shahrbabaki  2   3 , Moghadameh Mirzai  4 , Esmat Nouhi  5   6
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Palliative care needs of patients with multiple sclerosis in southeast Iran

Fatemeh Dadsetan et al. BMC Palliat Care. .

Abstract

Background: Due to the chronic nature of multiple sclerosis, palliative care can play a significant role in improving the quality of life and well-being of the affected patients. An essential step for developing appropriate palliative care for these patients is to determine the types of palliative care necessary, from different points of view. Therefore, this study was conducted to compare the palliative care needs from the nurses' and patients' points of view in southeast Iran in 2017.

Method: This descriptive-analytical cross-sectional study was conducted on 154 nurses working in neurology wards of teaching hospitals associated with Kerman University of Medical Sciences and 132 patients with multiple sclerosis who were referred to these hospitals in southeast Iran. The data were collected using a questionnaire for assessing the palliative care needs of patients with multiple sclerosis. Pearson correlation coefficient, independent t-test, ANOVA, chi-square, and the Mann-Whitney and Kruskal-Wallis tests were used to examine the data.

Results: Both nurses and patients mentioned the palliative needs of patients with multiple sclerosis in terms of physical, social, spiritual, psychological, and economic dimensions, respectively, but the results showed that there was a significant difference between the two groups in all dimensions of palliative needs (P < 0.0001).

Conclusion: Given the differences in how patients and nurses prioritize palliative care needs, it is essential to consider the different dimensions of palliative needs of patients with multiple sclerosis.

Keywords: Multiple sclerosis; Nurse; Palliative need; Patient; Viewpoint.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare that they have no competing interests.

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