N. Lamba, Ruchika Makkar, Namita Gupta, S. Sarna, Seema Khandelwal
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Background: Palliative care aims in reducing suffering and improving the well-being of patients suffering from serious life-limiting illnesses. Edmonton symptom assessment score (ESAS) is used to assess distress and life’s quality of patients. Aims and objectives: To analyze the response of introducing palliative care earlier in course of illness. Materials and methods: This prospective study was using ESAS score in a tertiary care hospital. Results: The mean age of patients was 36.4 ± 5.4 in patients receiving palliative care and 37.2 ± 7.2 in patients not receiving early palliative care. All symptoms had p value < 0.05 except tiredness. Conclusion: The study concluded that when palliative care was given early during illness, we have observed better patient outcomes.
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