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View article: Strengthening care for adults with palliative care needs in high-income rural communities: a global policy environmental scan
Strengthening care for adults with palliative care needs in high-income rural communities: a global policy environmental scan Open
View article: Improving patient reported experience in inpatients with palliative care needs: a pre-post quality improvement study
Improving patient reported experience in inpatients with palliative care needs: a pre-post quality improvement study Open
View article: Understanding the acute care context to inform palliative care improvements: a qualitative study of hospital-based multidisciplinary clinicians
Understanding the acute care context to inform palliative care improvements: a qualitative study of hospital-based multidisciplinary clinicians Open
Eighty-eight interviews (nursing (n = 39); medicine (n = 24); allied health (n = 25)) were undertaken, with a median duration of 25.5 min (range 5 to 55 min). Most participants were female (n = 73, 83%), holding a Bachelor's degree (n = 86…
View article: The effectiveness of nurse-led palliative care needs assessment on patients’ quality of life and symptom burden: a systematic review
The effectiveness of nurse-led palliative care needs assessment on patients’ quality of life and symptom burden: a systematic review Open
There is a paucity of high-quality evidence on the effectiveness of nurse-led palliative care needs assessments. Future researchers must identify what level of needs predicts poor quality of life, assess interventions tailored to local con…
View article: Capacity-building strategies that support correctional and justice health professionals to provide best-evidenced based healthcare for people in prison: a systematic review
Capacity-building strategies that support correctional and justice health professionals to provide best-evidenced based healthcare for people in prison: a systematic review Open
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View article: Feasibility and acceptability of the brief patient-reported experience measure consideRATE within the hospital setting for patients with palliative care needs, their families/carers and clinicians
Feasibility and acceptability of the brief patient-reported experience measure consideRATE within the hospital setting for patients with palliative care needs, their families/carers and clinicians Open
Background: Supporting clinical teams to improve care for inpatients with palliative care needs and their carers is a known priority. Patient reported experience measures (PREMs) may assist in improvement work. Evidence about how to collec…
View article: Patient and family perspectives on rural palliative care models: A systematic review and meta-synthesis
Patient and family perspectives on rural palliative care models: A systematic review and meta-synthesis Open
Background: Almost half the world’s population lives in rural areas. How best to provide palliative care to rural populations is unclear. Privileging rural patient and family voices about their experiences of receiving care delivered via r…
View article: Experience of care from the perspectives of inpatients with palliative care needs: a cross-sectional study using a patient reported experience measure (PREM)
Experience of care from the perspectives of inpatients with palliative care needs: a cross-sectional study using a patient reported experience measure (PREM) Open
Background Improving palliative care for inpatients is urgently needed. Data from patient-reported experience measures (PREM) can assist in identifying areas for focused improvement. This study aimed to describe patient reported experience…
View article: Driving quality in delirium care through a patient-centered monitoring system in palliative care: Protocol for the two-staged exploratory sequential mixed methods MODEL-PC study
Driving quality in delirium care through a patient-centered monitoring system in palliative care: Protocol for the two-staged exploratory sequential mixed methods MODEL-PC study Open
Introduction Delirium is a serious acute neurocognitive condition that is common in palliative care units and yet under-addressed. To improve delirium care in this setting, we will develop and pilot a monitoring system that integrates the …
View article: Perspectives of inpatients with palliative care needs, their families, clinicians and key stakeholders on measuring quality of hospital care via patient experience measures: A qualitative study
Perspectives of inpatients with palliative care needs, their families, clinicians and key stakeholders on measuring quality of hospital care via patient experience measures: A qualitative study Open
Background: Globally there are high numbers of patients with palliative care needs receiving care in hospitals. Patient reported experience measures (PREMs) provide useful data to guide improvement work. How to implement PREMs within palli…
View article: Preferences for Palliative and End-of-Life Care: A Systematic Review of Discrete Choice Experiments
Preferences for Palliative and End-of-Life Care: A Systematic Review of Discrete Choice Experiments Open
View article: Description of patient reported experience measures (PREMs) for hospitalised patients with palliative care needs and their families, and how these map to noted areas of importance for quality care: A systematic review
Description of patient reported experience measures (PREMs) for hospitalised patients with palliative care needs and their families, and how these map to noted areas of importance for quality care: A systematic review Open
Background: The global need for focused improvements in palliative care within the acute hospital setting is well noted. A large volume of evidence exists detailing what hospitalised patients with palliative care needs and their families n…
View article: Integrating Genomics into the Care of People with Palliative Needs: A Global Scoping Review of Policy Recommendations
Integrating Genomics into the Care of People with Palliative Needs: A Global Scoping Review of Policy Recommendations Open
Background: Genomics has growing relevance to palliative care, where testing largely benefits relatives. Integrating genomics into palliative care has not received the critical attention it requires. Health professionals repo…
View article: Improving the methods for patient-reported experience measures in palliative care: findings from a cognitive interview study
Improving the methods for patient-reported experience measures in palliative care: findings from a cognitive interview study Open
Palliative care patients find PREMs challenging to complete and require supports to improve the quality and interpretability of data. Pending further research, tentative suggestions are made for PREM design and administration for this pati…
View article: Supplementary Material for: Integrating genomics into the care of people with palliative needs: A global scoping review of policy recommendations
Supplementary Material for: Integrating genomics into the care of people with palliative needs: A global scoping review of policy recommendations Open
BACKGROUND: Genomics has growing relevance to palliative care, where testing largely benefits relatives. Integration of genomics into the care of patients with palliative care needs has not received the critical attention it requires, and …
View article: Generating key practice points that enable optimal palliative care in acute hospitals: Results from the OPAL project's mid-point meta-inference
Generating key practice points that enable optimal palliative care in acute hospitals: Results from the OPAL project's mid-point meta-inference Open
View article: Delirium-related distress in the ICU: A qualitative meta-synthesis of patient and family perspectives and experiences
Delirium-related distress in the ICU: A qualitative meta-synthesis of patient and family perspectives and experiences Open
Distinct difficult emotions and other forms of distress are experienced by patients and families during ICU delirium, during which patients and families highly value human kindness and empathy. Future studies should further explore and add…
View article: Optimising care for People with palliative care needs, and their families, in the Australian hospital setting: the OPAL Project
Optimising care for People with palliative care needs, and their families, in the Australian hospital setting: the OPAL Project Open
Background:
Demand for palliative care provision within hospitals is significant and projected to increase in line with the population ageing and an increase in non-communicable disease. However, not all Australian inpatients with pall…
Demand for palliative care provision within hospitals is significant and projected to increase in line with the population ageing and an increase in non-communicable disease. However, not all Australian inpatients with pall…
View article: Involving consumers with palliative care needs and their families in research: A case study
Involving consumers with palliative care needs and their families in research: A case study Open
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The well-documented health disparities between the Australian Indigenous and non-Indigenous population mandates a comprehensive response from health professionals. This article outlines the approach taken by one faculty of health in a larg…
View article: Dying in the hospital setting: A systematic review of quantitative studies identifying the elements of end-of-life care that patients and their families rank as being most important
Dying in the hospital setting: A systematic review of quantitative studies identifying the elements of end-of-life care that patients and their families rank as being most important Open
Background: The majority of expected deaths occur in hospitals where optimal end-of-life care is not yet fully realised, as evidenced by recent reviews outlining experience of care. Better understanding what patients and their families con…