Table 2.
Number of patients with a highly complex situation, according to the Diagnostic Instrument of Complexity in Palliative Care (IDC-Pal©).
| Items of High Complexity | N (%) |
|---|---|
| The patient is a child or adolescent | 0 (0.0) |
| Symptoms difficult to control | 82 (17.3) |
| Refractory symptoms | 8 (1.7) |
| Urgent situation in the terminal cancer patient | 14 (3.0) |
| Last hours/days of life difficult to control | 7 (1.5) |
| Clinical situation due to difficult-to-control cancer progression | 53 (11.2) |
| Risk of patient committing suicide | 4 (0.8) |
| Patient requests the process of death to be hastened | 2 (0.4) |
| Patient presents existential distress and/or spiritual suffering | 7 (1.5) |
| Absence or insufficiency of family support and/or caregivers | 115 (24.3) |
| Family members and/or caregivers not competent to give care | 12 (2.5) |
| Dysfunctional family | 6 (1.3) |
| Family and/or caregiver burden | 6 (1.3) |
| Structural limitations of environment for the patient | 8 (1.7) |
| Application of palliative sedation difficult to manage | 0 (0.0) |
| Total of patients with at least one item of high complexity | 216 (44.8) |