PALIATYVIŲJŲ PACIENTŲ, SERGANČIŲ ONKOLOGINĖMIS LIGOMIS, SOCIALINĖS SVEIKATOS SUTRIKIMAI

Purpose of investigation is ascertain and evaluation of social health disorders of palliative patients, ill oncological diseases. Investigation was performed starting from April 2012 until April 2013. Population of investigation: 100 investigatives, who are palliative patients, ill on oncological diseases. The Karnofsky Performance Scale Index is lower than 50%. Results showed that family participates rarely by taking desicions of palliative help. In mostly cases a help get paliative patients, ill oncological diseases, who are of a younger age. Older patients do not have a person, who could help them, so they could share their worries and feelings and to be charmed. Oncological disease of patients of younger age is making stress to the family members more often than for family members of older patients. Patients of younger age have evaluated relations with family members, friends, neighbours with the highest rates, they would like to get more support from their family members.