Trial reportSupportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer2013
Does it matter what you call it? A randomized trial of language used to describe palliative care services.
Trial report in Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT02712229 (A Cluster Randomized Trial of a Primary Palliative Care Intervention), which is not on this map. Cited by 52 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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The trial behind it
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A Cluster Randomized Trial of a Primary Palliative Care Intervention (CONNECT) for Patients With Advanced Cancer
Who cites it
52 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Interventions for interpersonal communication about end of life care between health practitioners and affected people.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2022Pooled it
- Perceptions of Need for Palliative Care in Recently Hospitalized Patients With Systolic Heart Failure.Journal of pain and symptom management · 2021Trial
- Improving patient knowledge of palliative care: A randomized controlled intervention study.Patient education and counseling · 2017Trial
- Perceptions of palliative care among patients with advanced cancer and their caregivers.CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne · 2016Trial
- The Family Perspectives Project: development and preliminary feasibility of a chaplain-delivered emotional support intervention for families of critically ill patients.Journal of health care chaplaincy · 2026Article
- Beyond the Label: How Naming and Framing Impact Pediatric Palliative Care Acceptance.Journal of pain and symptom management · 2026Article
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- 'A team around the child' professionals' experiences of unmet needs, access and expectations in children's palliative care services, a phenomenological study in the UK.Journal of child health care : for professionals working with children in the hospital and community · 2024Article
- Treatment of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and progressive pulmonary fibrosis: A position statement from the Thoracic Society of Australia and New Zealand 2023 revision.Respirology (Carlton, Vic.) · 2024Article
- How early should be "Early Integrated Palliative Care"?Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2023Article
- The Duality of "Goals of Care" Language: A Qualitative Focus Group Study With Frontline Clinicians.Journal of pain and symptom management · 2023Article
- Palliative Care Survey: Awareness, Knowledge and Views of the Styrian Population in Austria.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- The TRIBE model: How socioemotional processes fuel end-of-life treatment in the United States.Social science & medicine (1982) · 2023Review
- Physicians' Conceptions of the Dying Patient: Scoping Review and Qualitative Content Analysis of the United Kingdom Medical Literature.Qualitative health research · 2022Article
- Communication about early palliative care: A qualitative study of oncology providers' perspectives of navigating the artful introduction to the palliative care team.Frontiers in oncology · 2022Article
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- How, when, and why individuals with stage IV cancer seen in an outpatient setting are referred to palliative care: a mixed methods study.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2021Article
- A national cross-sectional survey of constipation in patients attending cancer centres in Ireland.HRB open research · 2021Article
- Public perception of palliative care: a survey of the general population.Palliative care and social practice · 2021Article
- "I'd Have to Basically Be on My Deathbed": Heart Failure Patients' Perceptions of and Preferences for Palliative Care.Journal of palliative medicine · 2020Article
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Abstract
introductionIntegration of palliative care into oncology practice remains suboptimal. Misperceptions about the meaning of palliative care may negatively impact utilization. PURPOSE: We assessed whether the term and/or description of palliative care services affected patient views.
methods2x2 between-subject randomized factorial telephone survey of 169 patients with advanced cancer. Patients were randomized into one of four groups that differed by name (supportive care vs. palliative care) and description (patient-centered vs. traditional). Main outcomes (0-10 Likert scale) were patient understanding, impressions, perceived need, and intended use of services.
resultsWhen compared to palliative care, the term supportive care was associated with better understanding (7.7 vs. 6.8; p = 0.021), more favorable impressions (8.4 vs. 7.3; p = 0.002), and higher future perceived need (8.6 vs. 7.7; p = 0.017). There was no difference in outcomes between traditional and patient-centered descriptions. In adjusted linear regression models, the term supportive care remained associated with more favorable impressions (p = 0.003) and higher future perceived need (p = 0.022) when compared to palliative care.
conclusionsPatients with advanced cancer view the name supportive care more favorably than palliative care. Future efforts to integrate principles of palliative medicine into oncology may require changing impressions of palliative care or substituting the term supportive care.
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