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SynthesisHeart failure reviews2017

Psychosocial needs and interventions for heart failure patients and families receiving palliative care support: a systematic review.

John G Cagle, Morgan Bunting, Anne Kelemen, Joonyup Lee, Dorothy Terry, Ryan Harris

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Synthesis in Heart failure reviews, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

19 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  12. Rethinking the Meaning of Palliation in Heart Failure.Current heart failure reports · 2020
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  15. Palliative Care in Heart Failure: Rationale, Evidence, and Future Priorities.Journal of the American College of Cardiology · 2017
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

John G CagleSchool of Social Work, University of Maryland, 525 West Redwood Street, 3W13, Baltimore, MD, 21201, USA. jcagle@ssw.umaryland.edu.
Morgan BuntingSchool of Medicine, Universtity of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Anne KelemenMedstar Washington Hospital Center, Section of Palliative Care, Washington, DC, USA.
Joonyup LeeSchool of Social Work, University of Maryland, 525 West Redwood Street, 3W13, Baltimore, MD, 21201, USA.
Dorothy TerryHealth Sciences and Human Services Library, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, USA.
Ryan HarrisHealth Sciences and Human Services Library, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, USA.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Although diseases of the heart are the leading cause of death in the USA, palliative care research has largely focused on populations of cancer patients. However, a diagnosis of heart failure differs substantially than that of cancer. They differ in terms of signs and symptoms, disease trajectories, treatment options, stigma, and prognosis. Additionally, the populations affected by these differing illnesses are also unique in a number of fundamental ways. Based on these differences, it is reasonable to hypothesize that palliative care patients with heart failure, and their families, have a distinct set of psychosocial needs. The purpose of this review is to describe the psychosocial needs of palliative care heart failure patients, and their families, as well as the interventions that address those needs. Six electronic databases were searched in June 2016 resulting in 962 identified abstracts. After removal of 388 duplicates, 574 abstracts were screened based on the following criteria: (1) available in English, (2) peer-reviewed, (3) empirical data reported, (4) patient receiving palliative or hospice care, and (5) measured psychosocial needs of heart failure patients and/or their family caregivers. After screening 574 abstracts and conducting a full-text review of 150 articles, a total of 17 studies were identified in our review. Only three intervention studies were identified, two of which evaluated the impact of palliative care over usual care. The remaining study was a clinical trial of a psycho-educational support intervention, which failed to demonstrate beneficial outcomes. Heart failure patients and their family caregivers receiving palliative or hospice care have unique psychosocial needs that are largely unexamined by previous research. The need for further research is discussed.

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CaregiversHeart FailureHumansPalliative CareQuality of LifeSocial SkillsCongestive heart failureDepressionHeart diseaseInformal caregiversIsolationPatientsPsychological needsSocial needs

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PMID28217818

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