Trial reportBMJ supportive & palliative care2018
Integrating palliative care into neurology services: what do the professionals say?
Trial report in BMJ supportive & palliative care, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.
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13 citing papers in PubMed.
- Effect of Short-term Integrated Palliative Care on Patient-Reported Outcomes Among Patients Severely Affected With Long-term Neurological Conditions: A Randomized Clinical Trial.JAMA network open · 2020Trial
- Key characteristics of palliative care integration in intensive care units (ICUs): A scoping review.International journal of nursing studies advances · 2026Review
- Far from being the end of the road: taking a closer look at neuropalliative care in Parkinson's disease.Journal of neural transmission (Vienna, Austria : 1996) · 2025Review
- Using the P-CaRES Tool to Identify Palliative Care Needs in Patients with Life-Limiting Diseases: An Analysis of Internal Medicine Admissions.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- Satisfaction of Patients with Multiple Sclerosis Towards the Provision of Healthcare Services at a Tertiary Care Setting in Saudi Arabia.Clinics and practice · 2024Article
- Palliative care and neurology: a path to neuropalliativism.Arquivos de neuro-psiquiatria · 2022Article
- Palliative Care and Parkinson's Disease: Time to Move Beyond Cancer.Movement disorders : official journal of the Movement Disorder Society · 2021Article
- The effect of neuropalliative care on quality of life and satisfaction with quality of care in patients with progressive neurological disease and their family caregivers: an interventional control study.BMC palliative care · 2020Article
- Choosing and Doing wisely: triage level I resuscitation a possible new field for starting palliative care and avoiding low-value care - a nationwide matched-pair retrospective cohort study in Taiwan.BMC palliative care · 2020Article
- Challenges and Perspectives in the Management of Late-Stage Parkinson's Disease.Journal of Parkinson's disease · 2020Review
- Beyond the target area: an integrative view of tDCS-induced motor cortex modulation in patients and athletes.Journal of neuroengineering and rehabilitation · 2019Review
- Palliative care training addressed to hospital healthcare professionals by palliative care specialists: a mixed-method evaluation.BMC palliative care · 2019Article
- Symptom dimensions in people affected by long-term neurological conditions: a factor analysis of a patient-centred palliative care outcome symptom scale.Scientific reports · 2019Article
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Abstract
objectivesEvaluations of new services for palliative care in non-cancer conditions are few. OPTCARE Neuro is a multicentre trial evaluating the effectiveness of short-term integrated palliative care (SIPC) for progressive long-term neurological conditions. Here, we present survey results describing the current levels of collaboration between neurology and palliative care services and exploring the views of professionals towards the new SIPC service.
methodsNeurology and palliative care teams from six UK trial sites (London, Nottingham, Liverpool, Cardiff, Brighton and Chertsey) were approached via email to complete an online survey. The survey was launched in July 2015 and consisted of multiple choice or open comment questions with responses collected using online forms.
results33 neurology and 26 palliative care professionals responded. Collaborations between the two specialties were reported as being 'good/excellent' by 36% of neurology and by 58% of palliative care professionals. However, nearly half (45%) of neurology compared with only 12% of palliative care professionals rated current levels as being 'poor/none'. Both professional groups felt that the new SIPC service would influence future collaborations for the better. However, they identified a number of barriers for the new SIPC service such as resources and clinician awareness.
conclusionsOur results demonstrate the opportunity to increase collaboration between neurology and palliative care services for people with progressive neurological conditions, and the acceptability of SIPC as a model to support this. TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER: ISRCTN18337380; Pre-results.
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