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In 2021, the country launched a \u2018palliative care standard wards\u2019 project, identifying 16 medical institutions as the first pilot sites.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Participants<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Deceased patients who met the admission criteria for a standard palliative care unit were the study subjects, and their caregivers were recruited for questionnaires.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Interventions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>No interventions were applied in this study.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Primary and secondary outcome measures<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>A self-reported questionnaire survey was administered to caregivers of deceased patients with advanced cancer in mainland China. Binary logistic regression was used to identify factors influencing palliative care utilisation. The association between utilisation of palliative care and the QOD was tested using an independent samples t-test.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Of 947 patients, 342 (36.1%) received palliwiative care. Data were collected from 400 caregivers (42.2%). Palliative care utilisation was associate with intrusion operation (adjusted OR (aOR): 1.7, 95% CI: 1.05 to 2.92, p=0.032) and relationship with patients caregiver age (aOR=6.5, 95%\u2009CI: 3.6 to 12.7, p&lt;0.001). Additionally, longer caregiving duration, high school or junioreducational level (aOR:=0.5, p=0.024), and caregiver retirement status were associated with palliative care utilisation. Patients receiving palliative care scored higher on the Good Death Inventory (96.2 (13.0) vs 107.22 (9.6), t = \u20139.8, p&lt;0.000). The most significant differences were observed in the dimensions of \u2018passing away in a place that meets the patient\u2019s wishes,\u2019 \u2018unawareness of death\u2019 and \u2018remaining hopeful and happy.\u2019<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Patient and caregiver characteristics influence palliative care utilisation, and use of palliative care contributes positively to most dimensions of the QOD. Future research should further explore multiple factors influencing palliative care utilisation and examine whether they contribute to the QOD.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1136\/bmjopen-2023-081215","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,7,11]],"date-time":"2025-07-11T06:55:13Z","timestamp":1752216913000},"page":"e081215","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1136\/crossmarkpolicy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":2,"title":["Palliative care and its association with the quality of death in patients with advanced cancer in China: a cross-sectional study with a family caregivers\u2019 perspective"],"prefix":"10.1136","volume":"15","author":[{"given":"Binbin","family":"Wen","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Xiangya School of Nursing, Central South University, Changsha, Hunan, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Fang","family":"Xie","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Xiangya 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