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ArticleEuropean journal of cardiovascular nursing2020

Characteristics for a tool for timely identification of palliative needs in heart failure: The views of Dutch patients, their families and healthcare professionals.

Daisy Ja Janssen, Stephanie Mc Ament, Josiane Boyne, Jos Mga Schols, Hans-Peter Brunner-La Rocca, José Mc Maessen, Marieke Hj van den Beuken-van Everdingen

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Article in European journal of cardiovascular nursing, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 16 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Daisy Ja JanssenDepartment of Research & Development, CIRO, Horn, The Netherlands.
Stephanie Mc AmentDepartment of Health Services Research, Care and Public Health Research Institute, Faculty of Health Medicine and Life Sciences, Maastricht University, The Netherlands.
Josiane BoyneDepartment of Patient and Care, Maastricht University Medical Centre (MUMC+), The Netherlands.
Jos Mga ScholsDepartment of Health Services Research, Care and Public Health Research Institute, Faculty of Health Medicine and Life Sciences, Maastricht University, The Netherlands.
Hans-Peter Brunner-La RoccaDepartment of Cardiology, Maastricht University Medical Centre (MUMC+), The Netherlands.
José Mc MaessenDepartment of Patient and Care, Maastricht University Medical Centre (MUMC+), The Netherlands.
Marieke Hj van den Beuken-van EverdingenCentre of Expertise for PC, Maastricht University Medical Centre (MUMC+), The Netherlands.
Maastricht University Medical Centre · NLMaastricht University · NL

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundPalliative care can improve outcomes for patients with advanced chronic heart failure and their families, but timely recognition of palliative care needs remains challenging.

aimThe aim of this study was to identify characteristics of a tool to assess palliative care needs in chronic heart failure that are needed for successful implementation, according to patients, their family and healthcare professionals in The Netherlands.

methodsExplorative qualitative study, part of the project 'Identification of patients with HeARt failure with PC needs' (I-HARP), focus groups and individual interviews were held with healthcare professionals, patients with chronic heart failure, and family members. Data were analysed using the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research.

resultsA total of 13 patients, 10 family members and 26 healthcare professionals participated. Direct-content analysis revealed desired tool characteristics for successful implementation in four constructs: relative advantage, adaptability, complexity, and design quality and packaging. Healthcare professionals indicated that a tool should increase awareness, understanding and knowledge concerning palliative care needs. A tool needs to: be adaptable to different disease stages, facilitate early identification of palliative care needs and ease open conversations about palliative care. The complexity of chronic heart failure should be considered in a personalized approach.

conclusionsThe current study revealed the characteristics of a tool for timely identification of palliative care needs in chronic heart failure needed for successful implementation. The next steps will be to define the content of the tool, followed by development of a preliminary version and iterative testing of this version by the different stakeholders.

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AdultAgedAged, 80 and overChronic DiseaseFamilyFemaleFocus GroupsHealth PersonnelHeart FailureHospice and Palliative Care NursingHumansMaleMiddle AgedNeeds AssessmentNetherlandsPalliative Careassessmentcongestive heart failureend-of-lifeimplementationInstrumentpalliative medicine

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