Publisher Copyright: © 2024 Romano et al. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.; Introduction Worldwide, demographic ageing is a major social, economic and health challenge. Despite the increase in life expectancy, e...
Funding Information: This study has been partially funded by the Regional Administration of Health of Lisbon and Tagus Valley, the NOVA National School of Public Health, and National Funds through Foundation for Science and Technology, I.P., within the scope of the Epidemiology Research Unit–Institute of Public Health, University of Porto (EPIUnit) [UIDB/04750/2020]. Funding Information: The authors thank Dire?...
Introduction There is growing concern about the aggressiveness of cancer care at the end of life (ACCEoL), defined as overly aggressive treatments that compromise the quality of life at its end. Recognising the most affected patients is a cornerstone to improve oncology care. Our aim is to identify factors associated with ACCEoL for patients with cancer dying in hospitals. Methods All adult patients with cancer...
Support by Programa Operacional Ciencia e Inovacao 2010 do Quadro Comunitario de Apoio III and FEDER (PTDC/SAU-ONC/117216/2010). IPATIMUP is an Associate Laboratory of the Portuguese Ministry of Science, Technology and Higher Education and partially supported by FCT. Project NORTE - 07-0124-FEDER-000024 co-financed by Programa Operacional Regional do Norte (ON.2 - O Novo Norte), under Quadro de Referencia Estra...