SynthesisThe American journal of hospice & palliative care2018
Multicomponent Palliative Care Interventions in Advanced Chronic Diseases: A Systematic Review.
Synthesis in The American journal of hospice & palliative care, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 21 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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21 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 48 citations in OpenAlex.
- Spiritual Interventions to Improve Quality of Life and Spiritual Well-Being: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.Journal of religion and health · 2025Pooled it
- Effectiveness and implementation of palliative care interventions for patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: A systematic review.Palliative medicine · 2021Pooled it
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- Assessing and Listening to Individual Goals and Needs (ALIGN) versus enhanced usual care for hospitalized older patients with cancer discharged to skilled nursing facilities: Protocol for a pilot randomized controlled trial.Journal of geriatric oncology · 2026Article
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- Family Caregivers' Perspectives on the Potential of Drone-Based Medication Delivery in Palliative Home Care: Qualitative Focus Group Study.JMIR human factors · 2025Article
- Evaluating palliative care's role in symptom management for CKD patients in Egypt: A quasi-experimental approach.Palliative & supportive care · 2025Article
- Preserving the integrity of personhood in people with advanced cancer: An in-depth qualitative study among patients, relatives, and care professionals.Palliative medicine · 2024Article
- Implementation Barriers and Recommendations for a Multisite Community Health Worker Intervention in Palliative Care for African American Oncology Patients: A Qualitative Study.Journal of palliative medicine · 2024Article
- Using Multiphase Optimization Strategy and Human-Centered Design to Create an Integrated Model of Palliative Care Skills in Home-Based Physical Therapy for Advanced Heart Failure.Journal of palliative medicine · 2024Article
- Individual Socioeconomic Factors Have a Greater Impact on End-of-Life Care Outcomes Than Regional Factors.Journal of palliative medicine · 2024Article
- Trend analysis of quality indicators in palliative home care among terminally ill cancer and non-cancer patients in Taiwan: a 6-year observational study.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2024Observational
- Comparison of palliative care education for family caregivers in high-and-low-income countries: An integrative review.Belitung nursing journal · 2023Review
- Improving palliative care outcomes in remote and rural areas of LMICs through family caregivers: lessons from Kazakhstan.Frontiers in public health · 2023Article
- Symptom Classes in Decompensated Liver Disease.Clinical gastroenterology and hepatology : the official clinical practice journal of the American Gastroenterological Association · 2022Article
- Psychological Aspects of Care in Cancer Patients in the Last Weeks/Days of Life.Cancer research and treatment · 2022Review
- Dissemination and Implementation of Palliative Care in Oncology.Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology · 2020Review
- Assessing spirituality: is there a beneficial role in the management of COPD?NPJ primary care respiratory medicine · 2019Review
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Abstract
backgroundMany patients live with serious chronic or terminal illnesses. Multicomponent palliative care interventions have been increasingly utilized in patient care; however, it is unclear what is being implemented and who is delivering these interventions.
objectivesTo (1) describe the delivery of multicomponent palliative care interventions, (2) characterize the disciplines delivering care, (3) identify the components being implemented, and (4) analyze whether the number of disciplines or components being implemented are associated with positive outcomes.
designSystematic review. STUDY SELECTION: English-language articles analyzing multicomponent palliative care interventions. OUTCOMES MEASURED: Delivery of palliative interventions by discipline, components of palliative care implemented, and number of positive outcomes (eg, pain, quality of life).
resultsOur search strategy yielded 71 articles, which detailed 64 unique multicomponent palliative care interventions. Nurses (n = 64, 88%) were most often involved in delivering care, followed by physicians (n = 43, 67%), social workers (n = 33, 52%), and chaplains (n = 19, 30%). The most common palliative care components patients received were symptom management (n = 56, 88%), psychological support/counseling (n = 52, 81%), and disease education (n = 48, 75%). Statistical analysis did not uncover an association between number of disciplines or components and positive outcomes.
conclusionsWhile there has been growth in multicomponent palliative care interventions over the past 3 decades, important aspects require additional study such as better inclusion of key groups (eg, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, end-stage renal disease, minorities, older adults); incorporating core components of palliative care (eg, interdisciplinary team, integrating caregivers, providing spiritual support); and developing ways to evaluate the effectiveness of interventions that can be readily replicated and disseminated.
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