Observational studyOncology research and treatment2020
The Impact of Palliative Care Team Consultation on Quality of Life of Patients with Advanced Cancer in Dutch Hospitals: An Observational Study.
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- Interprofessional collaboration between hospital-based palliative care teams and general healthcare workers: A realist review protocol.PloS one · 2024Article
- Impact of Community Palliative Care on Quality of Life among Cancer Patients in Bangladesh.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2023Observational
- Impact of interprofessional collaborative practice in palliative care on outcomes for advanced cancer inpatients in a resource-limited setting.BMC palliative care · 2022Article
- Conceptualising effective symptom management in palliative care: a novel model derived from qualitative data.BMC palliative care · 2022Article
- Cultures that collide: an ethnographic study of the introduction of a palliative care consultation team on acute wards.BMC palliative care · 2021Article
- Specialist palliative care teams and characteristics related to referral rate: a national cross-sectional survey among hospitals in the Netherlands.BMC palliative care · 2021Article
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Abstract
introductionExperimental studies have shown that palliative care team (PCT) involvement can improve quality of life (QoL) and symptom burden of patients with advanced cancer. It is unclear to what extent this effect is sustained in daily practice of hospital care.
objectiveThis observational study aims to investigate the effect of PCT consultation on QoL and symptom burden of hospitalized patients with advanced cancer in daily practice.
methodsAfter admission to 1 of 9 participating hospitals, patients with advanced cancer for whom the attending physician answered "no" to the Surprise Question were invited to complete a questionnaire, including the EORTC QLQ-C15-PAL, at 6 points in time, until 3 months after admission. Outcomes were compared between patients who received PCT consultation and patients who did not, taking into account differences in baseline characteristics.
resultsA total of 164 patients consented to participate, of whom 32 received PCT consultation. Of these patients, 108 were able to complete a questionnaire at day 14, of whom 19 after receiving PCT consultation. After adjusting for baseline differences, EORTC QLQ-C15-PAL scores for pain, appetite, and emotional functioning at day 14 were more favorable for patients who received a PCT consultation.
conclusionPCT consultation decreased patients' symptom burden and tends to have a positive effect on QoL of hospitalized patients with advanced cancer, even if the PCT is consulted late in the patient's disease trajectory.
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