Implementing the theory-based advance care planning ACP+ programme for nursing homes: study protocol for a cluster randomised controlled trial and process evaluation.

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Palliative Performance Scale (PPS) was first introduced in1996 as a new tool for measurement of performance status in palliative care. PPS has been used in many countries and has been translated into other languages. METHODS:This study evaluated the reliability and validity of PPS. A web-based, case sce...

journal_title：BMC palliative care

authors： Ho F,Lau F,Downing MG,Lesperance M

更新日期：2008-08-04 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Early integration of palliative care concurrently to standard cancer care is associated with several benefits for patients and their caregivers. However, communication barriers on part of the caring physicians often impede a timely referral to palliative care. This study describes the protocol of the evaluat...

journal_title：BMC palliative care

authors： Harnischfeger N,Rath HM,Ullrich A,Alt-Epping B,Letsch A,Thuss-Patience P,Bokemeyer C,Oechsle K,Bergelt C

更新日期：2020-05-12 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:One essential element of research is the successful recruitment of participants. However, concerns are obvious regarding the ethical implications of involving terminally ill and even dying patients and their informal caregivers as research participants. This study aims to illustrate central issues encountere...

journal_title：BMC palliative care

authors： Stiel S,Heckel M,Bussmann S,Weber M,Ostgathe C

更新日期：2015-05-02 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The focus of Specialized Palliative Care (SPC) is to improve care for patients with incurable diseases and their families, which includes the opportunity to make their own choice of place of care and ultimately place of death. The Danish Palliative Care Trial (DOMUS) aims to investigate whether an accelerate...

journal_title：BMC palliative care

authors： Nordly M,Benthien KS,Von Der Maase H,Johansen C,Kruse M,Timm H,Vadstrup ES,Kurita GP,von Heymann-Horan AB,Sjøgren P

更新日期：2014-09-09 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Institutional deaths (hospitals and nursing homes) are an important issue because they are often at odds with patient preference and associated with high healthcare costs. The aim of this study was to examine deaths in institutions and the role of individual, regional, and healthcare supply characteristics i...

journal_title：BMC palliative care

authors： Luta X,Panczak R,Maessen M,Egger M,Goodman DC,Zwahlen M,Stuck AE,Clough-Gorr K

更新日期：2016-09-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Observational studies investigating risk factors in coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) have not considered the confounding effects of advanced care planning, such that a valid picture of risk for elderly, frail and multi-morbid patients is unknown. We aimed to report ceiling of care and cardiopulmonary resu...

journal_title：BMC palliative care

authors： Straw S,McGinlay M,Drozd M,Slater TA,Cowley A,Kamalathasan S,Maxwell N,Bird RA,Koshy AO,Prica M,Patel PA,Relton SD,Gierula J,Cubbon RM,Kearney MT,Witte KK

更新日期：2021-01-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The Patient Satisfaction Questionnaire (PSQ) is an assessment tool used to evaluate patients' perspectives of their doctor's communication and interpersonal skills. The present pilot study investigated whether the PSQ could be administered successfully in a hospice inpatient setting and if it is an acceptabl...

journal_title：BMC palliative care

authors： Henriksen KM,Heller N,Finucane AM,Oxenham D

更新日期：2014-06-02 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Research suggests that there may be bereavement experiences and support needs which are specific to family caregivers providing end of life care (EoLC), although this remains an under-researched area. This paper focuses on themes relating to bereavement which were derived from an analysis of free text survey...

journal_title：BMC palliative care

authors： Harrop E,Morgan F,Byrne A,Nelson A

更新日期：2016-11-08 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Keeping people living with advanced dementia in their usual place of residence is becoming a key governmental goal but to achieve this, family carers and health care professionals must negotiate how to provide optimal care. Previously, we reported a realist analysis of the health care professional perspectiv...

journal_title：BMC palliative care

authors： Kupeli N,Sampson EL,Leavey G,Harrington J,Davis S,Candy B,King M,Nazareth I,Jones L,Moore K

更新日期：2019-10-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:One ambition regarding palliative care is that it should be more accessible to patients and families regardless of care setting. Previous studies show many difficulties and shortcomings in the care of patients with palliative care needs in acute care facilities, but also challenges regarding efforts to imple...

journal_title：BMC palliative care

authors： Hahne P,Lundström S,Leveälahti H,Winnhed J,Öhlén J

更新日期：2017-12-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:According to common practice based on a generally agreed interpretation of Icelandic law on the rights of patients, health care professionals cannot discuss prognosis and treatment with a patient's family without that patient's consent. This limitation poses ethical problems, because research has shown that,...

journal_title：BMC palliative care

authors： Skulason B,Hauksdottir A,Ahcic K,Helgason AR

更新日期：2014-03-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Homeless people often suffer from complex and chronic comorbidities, have high rates of morbidity and die at much younger ages than the general population. Due to a complex combination of physical, psychosocial and addiction problems at the end of life, they often have limited access to palliative care. Both...

journal_title：BMC palliative care

authors： Klop HT,de Veer AJE,van Dongen SI,Francke AL,Rietjens JAC,Onwuteaka-Philipsen BD

更新日期：2018-04-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Globally the state of palliative care research remains uncertain. Questions remain regarding impact, funding, and research priorities. Building upon previous research, this review examines palliative care research in Ireland and contributes to a wider international debate on the state of palliative care rese...

journal_title：BMC palliative care

authors： McIlfatrick S,Muldrew DHL,Hasson F,Payne S

更新日期：2018-09-27 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Spiritual care is frequently cited as a key component of hospice care in Taiwanese healthcare and beyond. The aim of this research is to gauge physicians and nurses' self-reported perspectives and clinical practices on the roles of their professions in addressing spiritual care in an inpatient palliative car...

journal_title：BMC palliative care

authors： Tao Z,Wu P,Luo A,Ho TL,Chen CY,Cheng SY

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The goal of Canada's Compassionate Care Benefit (CCB) is to enable family members and other loved ones who are employed to take a temporary secured leave to care for a terminally ill individual at end of life. Successful applicants of the CCB can receive up to 55% of their average insured earnings, up to a m...

journal_title：BMC palliative care

authors： Crooks VA,Williams A

更新日期：2008-08-28 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Over the past ten years there has been an increasing focus on the need for improving the experience of end of life care. A number of policy initiatives have been introduced to develop approaches to discussing and documenting individual preferences for end of life care, in particular preferred place to die. ...

journal_title：BMC palliative care

authors： Cox K,Moghaddam N,Almack K,Pollock K,Seymour J

更新日期：2011-11-04 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Many people with advanced dementia live in residential aged care homes. Care home staff need the knowledge and skills to provide high-quality end-of-life (EOL) dementia care. However, several studies have found EOL dementia care to be suboptimal, and care staff have reported they would benefit from training ...

journal_title：BMC palliative care

authors： Tropea J,Johnson CE,Nestel D,Paul SK,Brand CA,Hutchinson AF,Bicknell R,Lim WK

更新日期：2019-10-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Palliative and end-of-life care development is hindered by a lack of information about the circumstances surrounding dying in developing and resource-poor countries. Our aims were to develop and obtain face and content validity for a self-administered questionnaire on end-of-life care provision and medical d...

journal_title：BMC palliative care

authors： Jennings N,Chambaere K,Cox Macpherson C,Cox KL,Deliens L,Cohen J

更新日期：2020-08-14 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Over the past decades there has been a significant increase in the number of published clinical trials in palliative care. However, empirical evidence suggests that there are methodological problems in the design and conduct of studies, which raises questions about the validity and generalisability of the re...

journal_title：BMC palliative care

authors： Bouça-Machado R,Rosário M,Alarcão J,Correia-Guedes L,Abreu D,Ferreira JJ

更新日期：2017-01-25 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The prevalence and implementation of institutional end-of-life policies has been comprehensively studied in Flanders, Belgium, a country where euthanasia was legalised in 2002. Developing end-of-life policies in hospitals is a first step towards improving the quality of medical decision-making at the end-of-...

journal_title：BMC palliative care

authors： D'Haene I,Vander Stichele RH,Pasman HR,Noortgate NV,Bilsen J,Mortier F,Deliens L

更新日期：2009-12-30 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Much of what we understand about the design of healthcare systems to support care of the dying comes from our experiences with providing palliative care for dying cancer patients. It is increasingly recognized that in addition to cancer, high quality end of life care should be an integral part of care that i...

journal_title：BMC palliative care

authors： Sawatzky R,Porterfield P,Lee J,Dixon D,Lounsbury K,Pesut B,Roberts D,Tayler C,Voth J,Stajduhar K

更新日期：2016-01-15 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:During the last few decades, patients' rights have been reinforced in many countries by acts of law. Measures now include health care proxies to uphold the doctor-patient relationship and advance directives for end-of-life patients. These could be relevant tools as early as the initial diagnosis of haematolo...

journal_title：BMC palliative care

authors： Trarieux-Signol S,Moreau S,Gourin MP,Penot A,Edoux de Lafont G,Preux PM,Bordessoule D

更新日期：2014-12-11 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Being a family carer to a patient nearing the end of their life is a challenging and confronting experience. Studies show that caregiving can have negative consequences on the health of family carers including fatigue, sleep problems, depression, anxiety and burnout. One of the goals of palliative care is to...

journal_title：BMC palliative care

authors： Hudson PL,Remedios C,Thomas K

更新日期：2010-08-05 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Advanced cancer patients experience considerable symptoms, problems, and needs. Early referral of these patients to specialised palliative care (SPC) could improve their symptoms and problems.The Danish Palliative Care Trial (DanPaCT) investigates whether patients with metastatic cancer, who report palliativ...

journal_title：BMC palliative care

authors： Johnsen AT,Damkier A,Vejlgaard TB,Lindschou J,Sjøgren P,Gluud C,Neergaard MA,Petersen MA,Lundorff LE,Pedersen L,Fayers P,Strömgren AS,Higginson IJ,Groenvold M

更新日期：2013-10-24 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The objective of the Balearic Islands Palliative Care (PC) Program is to improve the quality of PC through a shared model consisting of primary health care professionals, home-based PC teams, and PC units in hospitals. According to the World Health Organization (WHO), patients with advanced cancer and other ...

journal_title：BMC palliative care

authors： Llobera J,Sansó N,Ruiz A,Llagostera M,Serratusell E,Serrano C,Roselló MLM,Benito E,Castaño EJ,Leiva A

更新日期：2017-07-10 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:More people die in hospital than in any other setting which is why it is important to study the outcomes of hospital care at end of life. This study analyses what influenced outcomes in a sample of patients who died in hospital in Ireland in 2008/9. The study was undertaken as part of the Irish Hospice Found...

journal_title：BMC palliative care

authors： McKeown K,Haase T,Pratschke J,Twomey S,Donovan H,Engling F

更新日期：2015-04-18 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:The benefit of palliative chemotherapy (PC) in patients with advanced solid tumors and poor performance status (ECOG-PS) has not been prospectively validated, which makes treatment decision challenging. We aimed to evaluate the overall survival, factors associated with early mortality, and adoption of additi...

journal_title：BMC palliative care

authors： Fiorin de Vasconcellos V,Rcc Bonadio R,Avanço G,Negrão MV,Pimenta Riechelmann R

更新日期：2019-05-20 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:An international discussion about whether or not to legally permit euthanasia and (or) physician assisted suicide (EAS) is ongoing. Unbearable suffering in patients may result in a request for EAS. In the Netherlands EAS is legally permitted, and unbearable suffering is one of the central compulsory criteria...

journal_title：BMC palliative care

authors： Ruijs CD,van der Wal G,Kerkhof AJ,Onwuteaka-Philipsen BD

更新日期：2014-12-23 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:Communication in do not resuscitate (DNR) and artificial nutrition and hydration (ANH) at the end of life is a key component of advance care planning (ACP) which is essential for patients with advanced cancer to have cares concordant with their wishes. The SOP model (Shared decision making with Oncologists a...

journal_title：BMC palliative care

authors： Huang HL,Tsai JS,Yao CA,Cheng SY,Hu WY,Chiu TY

更新日期：2020-02-04 00:00:00

abstract：BACKGROUND:There is little scholarship on culturally safe approaches to palliative care, especially for rural Indigenous clients. Thus, it is important to articulate how cultural safety can be enacted to support rural Indigenous Peoples and communities at end of life. We sought to identify strategies described in exist...

journal_title：BMC palliative care

authors： Schill K,Caxaj S

更新日期：2019-02-14 00:00:00