OA38 From service delivery to community enablement: a public health approach to palliative care.

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Palliative care needs rounds are triage meetings that have been introduced in residential care for older adults to help identify and prioritise care for people most at risk for unplanned dying with inadequately controlled symptoms. This study sought to generate an evidence-based checklist in order to support...

journal_title：BMJ supportive & palliative care

authors： Forbat L,Chapman M,Lovell C,Liu WM,Johnston N

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Caregivers to patients with primary malignant brain tumours neglect their own physical and emotional needs during the disease trajectory. The aim of the systematic review was to explore how informal caregivers of patients with primary malignant brain tumour (high-grade glioma (HGG)) experience and manage thei...

journal_title：BMJ supportive & palliative care

authors： Piil K,Nordentoft S,Larsen A,Jarden M

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Referral to, and usage of, specialist palliative care (SPC) services are not equitable and social deprivation may be a contributory factor in this. Deprivation may also affect the place of death of patients with cancer. No study, however, has investigated whether inequalities persist following referral to SP...

journal_title：BMJ supportive & palliative care

authors： Macfarlane M,Carduff E

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Undergraduate teaching currently fails to adequately prepare doctors to deliver 'end-of-life' care. Despite much evidence supporting simulation-based teaching, its use in medical undergraduate palliative and 'end-of-life' care curricula remain low. AIM:This study assesses whether simulation can improve the ...

journal_title：BMJ supportive & palliative care

authors： Wells G,Montgomery J,Hiersche A

更新日期：2019-08-28 00:00:00

abstract：CONTEXT:Patients with chronic cancer pain frequently suffer severe exacerbations of pain intensity which are difficult to control adequately via pharmaceutical management. Management of these episodes of breakthrough pain (BTP) presents a challenge both to the physician and the patient, and supplemental 'rescue' doses ...

journal_title：BMJ supportive & palliative care

authors： Paley CA,Johnson MI,Bennett MI

更新日期：2011-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Patient and public involvement (PPI) has become an established theme within the UK health research policy and is recognised as an essential force in the drive to improve the quality of services and research. These developments have been particularly rapid in the cancer field. METHODS:This paper outlines a mo...

journal_title：BMJ supportive & palliative care

authors： Collins K,Boote J,Ardron D,Gath J,Green T,Ahmedzai SH,North Trent Cancer Research Network Consumer Research Panel (NTCRN CRP).

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Non-invasive ventilation (NIV) is beneficial for respiratory failure in motor neurone disease (MND) but some patients may wish to stop the intervention. Guidance from the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence recommends that research is needed on NIV withdrawal. There is little in the literature ...

journal_title：BMJ supportive & palliative care

authors： Faull C,Rowe Haynes C,Oliver D

更新日期：2014-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study explored how built space plays out in palliative care, focusing on spatial aspects that could support or hamper patients', relatives' and caregivers' well-being. METHODS:This study was conducted in a freestanding small-scale hospice combining a residential part for eight guests with a day-care par...

journal_title：BMJ supportive & palliative care

authors： Annemans M,Coomans K,Heylighen A

更新日期：2020-05-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Over time, palliative care has become "professionalised", placing a burden on health care systems to manage the suffering of individuals and families with advancing, life-limiting illness. The need to develop resources, infrastructure and policy to enhance the capacity for communities to facilitate and suppo...

journal_title：BMJ supportive & palliative care

authors： Whitfield K,LaBrie M

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:To examine the association of the use of hospice care on patient experience and outcomes of care. Promoting high-value, safe and effective care is an international healthcare imperative. However, the extent to which hospice care may improve the value of care is not well characterised. METHODS:A secondary ana...

journal_title：BMJ supportive & palliative care

authors： Kleinpell R,Vasilevskis EE,Fogg L,Ely EW

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Health promoting palliative care began in Victoria, Australia and has been included in Victorian palliative care policy for over a decade. AIM:To review the way Victorian palliative care services have responded to government policies and strategic directions that are based upon health promoting palliative c...

journal_title：BMJ supportive & palliative care

authors： Rumbold B,Grindrod A

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVES:Meaning in life (MIL) represent a key topic in palliative care. The aims of this study were to explore (1) the differences in perceived MIL and in the meaning-relevant life areas between a representative sample of the Swiss population and palliative care patients, and (2) to what extent MIL ca...

journal_title：BMJ supportive & palliative care

authors： Bernard M,Berchtold A,Strasser F,Gamondi C,Borasio GD

更新日期：2020-07-06 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Recruitment and training of Companion Volunteers has developed out of a Companion Sitter Training Programme begun in 2010. (Scottish Journal of Healthcare Chaplaincy Vol 15. No 1, 2012). This programme was established to support patients emotionally and spiritually. While other services were available to off...

journal_title：BMJ supportive & palliative care

authors： Murphy K

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Platypnea orthodeoxia is an uncommon condition but given its associations with severe lung disease and advancing age, it might be seen in the palliative care population. Presentation is classical in the association of symptoms with postural change. It should be considered when patients present with breathlessness or d...

journal_title：BMJ supportive & palliative care

authors： Bradley V,Sabharwal N,MacGregor E,Bond C

更新日期：2019-09-07 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Impending death is poorly recognised. Many undergraduate healthcare professionals will not have experience of meeting or caring for someone who is dying. As death can occur in any setting, at any time, it is vital that all healthcare students, regardless of the setting they go on to work in, have end-of-life...

journal_title：BMJ supportive & palliative care

authors： White N,Oostendorp LJ,Minton O,Yardley S,Stone P

更新日期：2019-11-20 00:00:00

abstract：:Palliative sedation is the intentional use of sedatives to manage refractory symptom(s), such as pain and/or terminal restlessness. This case report describes the successful use of propofol, an ultra-fast-acting anaesthetic agent commonly used for anaesthesia induction and maintenance to manage refractory agitated del...

journal_title：BMJ supportive & palliative care

authors： Sulistio M,Wojnar R,Michael NG

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:This study investigated the preferences of patients, family and staff for single or shared rooms in a UK hospice. METHOD:Semistructured interviews were conducted with patients, informal carers and staff at a hospice, focusing on room type preference. RESULTS:14 current and former hospice inpatients, 15 pati...

journal_title：BMJ supportive & palliative care

authors： Williams C,Gardiner C

更新日期：2015-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Prognostication is an essential ability to clinicians. Nevertheless, it has been shown to be quite variable in acutely ill patients, potentially leading to inappropriate care. We aimed to assess the accuracy of physician's prediction of hospital mortality in acutely deteriorating patients referred for urgent...

journal_title：BMJ supportive & palliative care

authors： Ramos JGR,Dias RD,Passos RDH,Batista PBP,Forte DN

更新日期：2020-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The role of the Community Matron was introduced in 2005 (DoH 2005a) to case-manage those patients deemed as very high intensity service users to prevent and reduce unscheduled admission to secondary care. Related studies on the effectiveness of managed care indicated the need to manage the demand of high ser...

journal_title：BMJ supportive & palliative care

authors： Barkham A

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The National Survey of Bereaved People was conducted by the Office for National Statistics on behalf of NHS England for the first time in 2011, and repeated annually thereafter. It is thought to be the first time that nationally representative data have been collected annually on the experiences of all people who have...

journal_title：BMJ supportive & palliative care

authors： Hunt KJ,Richardson A,Darlington AE,Addington-Hall JM

更新日期：2019-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To report the results of a combined case series analysis of subcutaneous levetiracetam (Keppra) for the management of seizures in palliative care patients. METHODS:A comprehensive literature review on the use of subcutaneous levetiracetam was performed, and these data were combined with a prospective observ...

journal_title：BMJ supportive & palliative care

authors： Sutherland AE,Curtin J,Bradley V,Bush O,Presswood M,Hedges V,Naessens K

更新日期：2018-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The collaboration between palliative care and neurology has developed over the last 25 years and this study aimed to ascertain the collaboration between the specialties across Europe. METHODS:This online survey aimed to look at collaboration across Europe, using the links of the European Association for P...

journal_title：BMJ supportive & palliative care

authors： Oliver D,Borasio GD,Veronese S,Voltz R,Lorenzl S,Hepgul N

更新日期：2020-07-10 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Values used in economic evaluation are typically obtained from the general public, which is problematic when measures are to be used with people experiencing a life-course stage such as the end of life. OBJECTIVE:To assess the feasibility of obtaining values for the ICECAP-Supportive Care Measure (SCM) from...

journal_title：BMJ supportive & palliative care

authors： Bailey C,Kinghorn P,Hewison A,Radcliffe C,Flynn TN,Huynh E,Coast J

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:In October 2014 a detailed mapping study of volunteers in palliative care services in NSW was undertaken for the first time. This presentation will provide a thematic analysis of the initial findings. AIMS:The aim of this study was to provide a thematic analysis of the occupational terrain of palliative car...

journal_title：BMJ supportive & palliative care

authors： Hansen L,Huntir A

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Patients with heart failure often receive little supportive or palliative care. 'Better Together' was a 2-year pilot study of a palliative care service for patients with advanced congestive heart failure (CHF). OBJECTIVE:To determine if the intervention made it more likely that patients would be cared for a...

journal_title：BMJ supportive & palliative care

authors： Pattenden JF,Mason AR,Lewin RJ

更新日期：2013-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:To investigate the body composition and dietary intake in the patients with head and neck cancer (HNC) during radiotherapy (RT), and explore the relationship between them. METHODS:This was a prospective, longitudinal observational study. Adult patients with HNC undergoing RT between March 2017 and August 20...

journal_title：BMJ supportive & palliative care

authors： Zhuang B,Zhang L,Wang Y,Cao Y,Shih Y,Jin S,Li H,Gong L,Wang Y,Jin S,Lu Q

更新日期：2020-09-11 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVE:Patients with advanced diseases and frail older adults often face decisions regarding life-prolonging treatment. Our aim was to provide an overview of the feasibility and effectiveness of tools that support communication between healthcare professionals and patients regarding decisions on life-prolonging trea...

journal_title：BMJ supportive & palliative care

authors： Thodé M,Pasman HRW,van Vliet LM,Damman OC,Ket JCF,Francke AL,Jongerden IP

更新日期：2020-10-05 00:00:00

abstract：INTRODUCTION:The incidence of some fatal diseases, including HIV/AIDS, accompanied by depression has become a significant concern in developed, developing and underdeveloped countries. A great deal of time and money are spent on controlling and reducing the complications of this infection across the world. Accordingly,...

journal_title：BMJ supportive & palliative care

authors： Rezaei S,Ahmadi S,Rahmati J,Hosseinifard H,Dehnad A,Aryankhesal A,Shabaninejad H,Ghasemyani S,Alihosseini S,Bragazzi NL,Raoofi S,Kiaee ZM,Ghashghaee A

更新日期：2019-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There has been a dramatic increase in liver disease over recent decades, with morbidity and mortality rates predicted to rise significantly. In order to effectively support this growing patient population we need to understand the experiences, key issues and priorities of people living and dying with advance...

journal_title：BMJ supportive & palliative care

authors： Kimbell B,Murray SA

更新日期：2015-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Advanced pancreatic cancer has a universally poor survival rate. Patients frequently develop malabsorption that requires pancreatic enzyme replacement therapy (PERT). This study explores the experience of patient engagement with PERT and how the medication is taken and tolerated. METHODS:Participants with adva...

journal_title：BMJ supportive & palliative care

authors： Landers A,McKenzie C,Pitama SG,Brown H

更新日期：2020-03-22 00:00:00