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SynthesisBMJ (Clinical research ed.)2017

Effect of specialist palliative care services on quality of life in adults with advanced incurable illness in hospital, hospice, or community settings: systematic review and meta-analysis.

Jan Gaertner, Waldemar Siemens, Joerg J Meerpohl, Gerd Antes, Cornelia Meffert, Carola Xander, Stephanie Stock, Dirk Mueller, Guido Schwarzer, Gerhild Becker

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In one paragraph

Synthesis in BMJ (Clinical research ed.), 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 186 papers, 18 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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186citing papers in PubMed, 18 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

186 citing papers in PubMed, 18 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  4. Quality indicators for integrating oncology and home palliative care in Japan: modified Delphi study.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2024
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  7. Interventions for palliative symptom control in COVID-19 patients.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2021
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  12. The requirements of a specialist breast centre.Breast (Edinburgh, Scotland) · 2020
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  13. Impact of Specialized Pediatric Palliative Care: A Systematic Review.Journal of pain and symptom management · 2020
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126 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Jan GaertnerClinic for Palliative Care, Medical Centre, University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Germany.
Waldemar SiemensClinic for Palliative Care, Medical Centre, University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Germany.
Joerg J MeerpohlCochrane Germany, Medical Centre, University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Germany.
Gerd AntesCochrane Germany, Medical Centre, University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Germany.
Cornelia MeffertClinic for Palliative Care, Medical Centre, University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Germany.
Carola XanderClinic for Palliative Care, Medical Centre, University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Germany.
Stephanie StockInstitute for Health Economics and Clinical Epidemiology, Cologne University Hospital, Cologne, Germany.
Dirk MuellerInstitute for Health Economics and Clinical Epidemiology, Cologne University Hospital, Cologne, Germany.
Guido SchwarzerInstitute for Medical Biometry and Statistics, Faculty of Medicine and Medical Centre, University of Freiburg, Germany.
Gerhild BeckerClinic for Palliative Care, Medical Centre, University of Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Germany.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

HospicesPalliative CareQuality of LifeAdultCaregiversDecision MakingHumansOutcome Assessment, Health CareRandomized Controlled Trials as TopicTerminally Ill

Identifiers

PMID28676557
PMCPMC5496011

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