Un instrumento para medir la calidad de muerte en instituciones de larga estancia: Adaptación cultural, validación y otros análisis relevantes

Abstract

ow is the end-of-life care in Spanish nursing homes? How does the attitude of the professional providing the care influence its quality? How can we evaluate the quality of care objectively? This Doctoral Thesis titled "An instrument to measure the quality of death in long-term care settings: cultural adaptation, validation and other relevant analyses" investigates these questions. This work bridges research projects financed by two separate regional grants (which ones?). The author belongs to the research group "Psychosocial and transcultural aspects of health and illness" (CTS-436). This thesis follows the format of a grouping of publications, in which four articles published in journals with high impact factors measured by the Journal Citation Report have been included. The articles were published as follows: Article 1 in a Q1 journal in the MEDICINE, GENERAL & INTERNAL category; Articles 2 and 4 in a Q1 journal in the PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH category of social sciences; and Article 3 in a D1 journal in the NURSING category.