Congruence between preferred and actual place of death and its association with quality of death and dying in advanced cancer patients: A nationwide survey in Japan

Mariko Shutoh, Tatsuya Morita, Maho Aoyama, Yoshiyuki Kizawa, Yasuo Shima and Mitsunori Miyashita

PLOS ONE, 2025, vol. 20, issue 7, 1-13

Abstract: Background: Satisfying patients’ preferences is an important outcome in palliative care. Previous research has reported that a patient’s place of death was associated with quality of death and dying. Purpose: This study aimed to evaluate the association between the congruence between a patient’s preferred and actual place of death and their quality of death and dying, as perceived by their family caregivers. Method: Data were obtained from a nationwide cross-sectional questionnaire survey of bereaved family caregivers of patients with cancer in Japan. A total of 13,711 family caregivers participated. We evaluated the quality of death and dying using the Good Death Inventory. Results: 9,123 responses were analyzed (effective response rate: 67%). Patients who died in their preferred place were categorized as the “achieved group,” whereas patients who died in a place that they did not prefer were classified as the “not-achieved group.” Good Death Inventory scores were significantly higher for the achieved group compared with the not-achieved group (48.8 ± 10.1 and 44.0 ± 9.5, respectively; p

Date: 2025
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