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ArticleJournal of palliative medicine2018

Impact of a Six-Year Project to Enhance the Awareness of Community-Based Palliative Care on the Place of Death.

Nozomu Murakami, Kouichi Tanabe, Tatsuya Morita, Yasunaga Fujikawa, Shiro Koseki, Shinya Kajiura, Kazunori Nakajima, Ryuji Hayashi

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Article in Journal of palliative medicine, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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Nozomu Murakami1 Department of Palliative Care Surgery, Kouseiren Takaoka Hospital , Takaoka, Toyama, Japan .
Kouichi Tanabe2 Drug Informatics, Faculty of Pharmacy, Meijo University , Nagoya, Aichi, Japan .
Tatsuya Morita3 Department of Palliative and Supportive Care, Seirei Mikatahara Hospital , Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan .
Yasunaga Fujikawa4 A Board of Palliative Care, Saiseikai Takaoka Hospital , Takaoka, Toyama, Japan .
Shiro Koseki5 Home Palliative Care Committee, Takaoka Medical Service Region , Takaoka, Toyama, Japan .
Shinya Kajiura6 Department of Medical Oncology, Toyama University Hospital , Toyama, Toyama, Japan .
Kazunori Nakajima1 Department of Palliative Care Surgery, Kouseiren Takaoka Hospital , Takaoka, Toyama, Japan .
Ryuji Hayashi6 Department of Medical Oncology, Toyama University Hospital , Toyama, Toyama, Japan .

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectTo examine the clinical outcomes of a project to enhance the awareness of community-based palliative care (awareness-enhancing project), focusing on home death and care rates in communities.

methodsA single-center study on community-based intervention was conducted. The awareness-enhancing project, consisting of three intervention approaches (outreach, palliative care education for community-based medical professionals, and information-sharing tool use), was executed, and changes in the home death rate in the community were examined.

resultsThe home death rate markedly exceeded the national mean from 2010. In 2012-2013, it was as high as 19.9%, greater than the previous 5.9% (p = 0.001). Through multivariate analysis, the participation of home care physicians and visiting nurses in a palliative care education program, and patients' Palliative Prognostic Index values were identified as factors significantly influencing the home death rate.

conclusionThe three intervention approaches time dependently increased the home death rate as a clinical outcome in the community, although they targeted limited areas. These approaches may aid in increasing the number of individuals who die in their homes.

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AwarenessDeathPalliative CareFemaleHome Care ServicesHospitalizationHumansMalecommunity-based palliative caremultiprofessional team careoutreachpalliative home care

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PMID29723109
PMCPMC6200065

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