Question

Do patients receiving end-of-life care achieve a quality of life from spiritual and psychological interventions when compared to patients who do not receive the interventions within one year? And what are some barriers?

Answer 1

Every life has an end.Here patients who are sick and receiving an end of life care will be more psychologically disturbed than physical problems of the illness.The spiritual support and psychological support to these patients provides a greater sense of relief and seek comfort by understanding the nature of life. The intervention gives them a positive approach and manage the critical situations to an effective manner near to the expectation but patient who are not provided with this support can have a poor mental capacity to accept things and this may detoriate their conditions most earlier .

Some of the barriers in receiving this intervention

• When it is not covered in the insurance
• High expenditure for the care
• Cultural barriers
• Religious beliefs and practices
• Patient with severe mental illness
• Lack of appropriate communication
• Lack of trust on the healthcare professionals
• Poor decision making skills