ArticleBMC palliative care2016
Health care professionals' attitudes regarding palliative care for patients with chronic heart failure: an interview study.
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- Palliative care in chronic heart failure in the Netherlands: practices, competencies and barriers among hospital-based healthcare professionals : From the Working Group of Palliative Care of the Netherlands Society of Cardiology (NVVC).Netherlands heart journal : monthly journal of the Netherlands Society of Cardiology and the Netherlands Heart Foundation · 2026Article
- Exploring routine palliative care delivery to inform tailored digitalization approaches - a qualitative interview study.BMC palliative care · 2026Article
- The multidimensional needs of chronic heart failure patients and caregivers from a dyadic perspective: a scoping review.Heart failure reviews · 2026Article
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- Nurses' Attitudes and Perceptions Towards Heart Failure Palliative Care: A Mixed Method Systematic Review.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- Demographic Factors and Aortic Stenosis-Related Death Locations: A Cross-Sectional Analysis.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- Improving Palliative Care Knowledge of nurses caring for heart failure patients : Author and corresponding author.BMC palliative care · 2025Article
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- Navigating chronic uncertainty: a theory synthesis for nursing communication in life-limiting illness.BMC nursing · 2024Article
- Optimizing palliative care education nationwide: a practice example from The Netherlands.Palliative care and social practice · 2024Article
- Building a Cardiac Palliative Care Program: A Qualitative Study of the Experiences of Ten Program Leaders From Across the United States.Journal of pain and symptom management · 2023Article
- Towards the Provision of Palliative Care Services in the Intensive Coronary Care Units: Nurses' Knowledge, Training Needs, and Related-Barriers.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Health professionals' perceptions of palliative care for end-stage cardiac and respiratory conditions: a qualitative interview study.BMC palliative care · 2021Article
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- What is palliative care? Perceptions of healthcare professionals.Scandinavian journal of caring sciences · 2019Article
- Effect of Health Education Based on Behavioral Change Theories on Self-Efficacy and Self-Management Behaviors in Patients with Chronic Heart Failure.Iranian journal of public health · 2019Article
- Professionals' perceptions and current practices of integrated palliative care in chronic heart failure and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a qualitative study in Belgium.BMC palliative care · 2018Article
- It's Time to Talk: Challenges in Providing Integrated Palliative Care in Advanced Congestive Heart Failure. A Narrative Review.Current cardiology reviews · 2018Review
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Abstract
backgroundEven though struggling with similar symptom burden, patients with chronic heart failure (CHF) receive less palliative care than patients suffering from malignant diseases. Researchers have found that this might be related to lack of knowledge about palliative care, insufficient interprofessional communication as well as the cyclic course of disease which makes accurate prognosis difficult. However, research findings have shown that patients with CHF benefit from palliative care. As there are no studies for the German health care system this study aimed to assess health care professionals' attitudes regarding palliative care of CHF patients in order to identify barriers and facilitators for this patient group and hence to develop recommendations for improvement of CHF patients' access to palliative care in Germany.
methodProblem-centered interviews with 23 health care professionals involved in care of CHF patients (nurses: hospital, outpatient, heart failure, PC; physicians: hospital and resident cardiologists, general practitioners) were conducted and analysed according to Mayring's qualitative content analysis.
resultsMost interviewees perceived a need for palliative care for CHF patients. Regarding barriers patients', public's, and professionals' lack of knowledge of palliative care and CHF; shortcomings in communication and cooperation of different professional groups; inability of cardiology to accept medical limits; difficult prognosis of course of disease; and patients' concerns regarding palliative care were described. Different attitudes regarding appropriate time of initiation of palliative care for CHF patients (late vs. early) were found. Furthermore, better communication and closer cooperation between different professional groups and medical disciplines as well as better education about palliative care and CHF for professionals, patients, and public were cited.
conclusionsPalliative care for CHF patients is a neglected topic in both practice and research and should receive more attention. Barriers to palliative care for CHF patients might be overcome by: better education for the public, patients, and professionals, closer cooperation between the different professional groups involved as well as development of a joint agreement regarding the appropriate time to administer palliative care to CHF patients.
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