UC research team launches survey to better understand how to improve end-of-life care

Within the scope of the project EOLinPLACE – Choice of where we die: a classification reform to discern diversity in individual end of life pathways, a survey is underway asking people who have lost a child or young person to illness in the last two years to participate.

The study, coordinated by Bárbara Gomes, senior researcher at the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Coimbra (FMUC) and the Centre for Innovative Biomedicine and Biotechnology (CIBB), aims to “better understand end-of-life care across different settings and regions of the world, to improve support for patients and their families.”

The anonymous questionnaire, available in Portuguese, takes approximately 30 to 40 minutes to complete. It focuses on the experiences of relatives or others close to people who died from cancer, heart disease, cerebrovascular conditions, or neuromuscular illnesses in the past two years. Participants must be aged 18 or over. The survey is available here.

“By completing the questionnaire, you will be helping our team understand where people receive care during the final month of life, their preferences regarding where that care takes place, and the quality of care provided in different environments,” the project team explains.

The EOLinPLACE project, coordinated by the University of Coimbra, has received €1.8 million in funding from the European Research Council (ERC). Further information is available at www.uc.pt/eolinplace.

^{Translation: Diana Taborda [DCM-UC]}