Quality of death after elective surgery: a questionnaire survey for the bereaved family

JA Clinical Reports

Table 1 The short version of the good death inventory

A measure for evaluating good death from the bereaved family member’s perspective
1 Being free from physical distress
2 Being able to stay at one’s favorite place
3 Having some pleasure in daily life
4 Trusting physician
5 Not being a burden to others
6 Spending enough time with one’s family
7 Being independent in daily activities
8 Living in calm circumstances
9 Being valued as a person
10 Feeling that one’s life was completed

The short version of the Good Death Inventory (GDI) is a questionnaire consisting of 10 domains and is used by the bereaved family to evaluate the condition of the patient before death. A score of 1 to 7 is assigned according to the answers to each question, and the sum of the scores for each item, 10–70, is used to evaluate the quality of death. A higher score is interpreted as a better quality of death