OBJECTIVE: Despite the importance of parenting-related responsibilities for adult @entity1 with terminal illnesses who have dependent @entity1 , little is known about the psychological concerns of dying parents and their families at the end of life (EOL). The aim of this study was to elicit widowed fathers' perspectives on how parental status may have influenced the EOL experiences of mothers with @entity5 . SUBJECTS: 344 @entity1 identified themselves through an open-access educational website as widowed fathers who had lost a spouse to @entity5 and were raising dependent @entity1 . METHODS: @entity1 completed a web-based survey about their wife's EOL experience and @entity5 history, and their own @entity308 (Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale, CES-D) and bereavement (Texas Revised Inventory of Grief, TRIG) symptoms. Descriptive statistics, Fisher's exact tests, and linear regression modelling were used to evaluate relationships between variables. RESULTS: According to fathers, 38% of mothers had not said goodbye to their @entity1 before death and 26% were not at all 'at peace with dying.' Ninety per cent of widowed fathers reported that their spouse was worried about the strain on their @entity1 at the EOL. Fathers who reported clearer prognostic communication between wife and physician had lower CES-D and TRIG scores. CONCLUSIONS: To improve EOL care for seriously ill @entity1 and their families, we must understand the concerns of parents with dependent @entity1 . These data underscore the importance of parenting-related worries in this population and the need for additional clinical and research programmes devoted to addressing these issues.

End-of-life experiences of mothers with XXXX : perspectives of widowed fathers.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['children', 'patients', 'Participants', 'men'] @entity308 :: ('MESH:D003866', 'Disease') :: ['depression'] @entity5 :: ('MESH:D009369', 'Disease') :: ['cancer', 'advanced cancer']
@entity5 :: (MESH:D009369,Disease) :: ['advanced cancer']
