SynthesisPalliative medicine2021
Tools to help healthcare professionals recognize palliative care needs in patients with advanced heart failure: A systematic review.
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- Effectiveness of nurse-led mHealth-based self-care management for patients with heart failure: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2026Pooled it
- Decision-making factors related to palliative care and hospice use in the community: a systematic review based on Andersen's behavioural model of health services use.BMC palliative care · 2025Pooled it
- Provider Perspectives on Implementation of Adult Community-Based Palliative Care: A Scoping Review.Medical care research and review : MCRR · 2025Article
- Screening and Needs Assessment Tools for Palliative Care in Patients with Cardiovascular Disease: Narrative Review.Current heart failure reports · 2025Review
- Nurses' Attitudes and Perceptions Towards Heart Failure Palliative Care: A Mixed Method Systematic Review.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Review
- National strategy for integrating palliative care into standard cardiac care for people living with heart failure: a position statement from the joint working group of the Swiss Societies of Cardiology and Palliative Care.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2025Article
- Validity and reliability of the palliative care needs assessment tool in Japanese patients with heart failure.ESC heart failure · 2024Article
- The 'Surprise question' in heart failure: a prospective cohort study.BMJ supportive & palliative care · 2024Article
- A refined ICD-10 diagnoses-based approach for retrospective analysis of potential palliative care need and coverage in claims data of deceased.SAGE open medicine · 2024Article
- Facilitators and barriers to implementation of a patient and staff reported measure for screening of palliative concerns of patients with heart failure: a qualitative analysis using the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research.Palliative care and social practice · 2023Article
- What to consider when implementing a tool for timely recognition of palliative care needs in heart failure: a context-based qualitative study.BMC palliative care · 2022Article
- Validity and Reliability of the Integrated Palliative Care Outcome Scale in Asian Heart Failure Patients.Palliative medicine reports · 2022Article
- Unmet Needs in Patients With Heart Failure: The Importance of Palliative Care in a Heart Failure Clinic.Frontiers in cardiovascular medicine · 2022Article
- Prevalence and characteristics of patients with heart failure needing palliative care.BMC palliative care · 2021Article
- Validation of the German version of the needs assessment tool: progressive disease-heart failure.Health and quality of life outcomes · 2021Article
- Professionals guidance about palliative medicine in chronic heart failure: a mixed-method study.BMJ supportive & palliative care · 2020Article
- Digital health interventions use cases: Classification and taxonomy development, a scoping review.Digital healthArticle
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9 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.
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No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
backgroundThe delivery of palliative care interventions is not widely integrated in chronic heart failure care as the recognition of palliative care needs is perceived as difficult. Tools may facilitate healthcare professionals to identify patients with palliative care needs in advanced chronic heart failure.
aimTo identify tools to help healthcare professionals recognize palliative care needs in patients with advanced chronic heart failure.
designThis systematic review was registered in the PROSPERO database (CRD42019131896). Evidence of tools' development, evaluation, feasibility, and implementation was sought and described. DATA SOURCES: Electronic searches to identify references of tools published until June 2019 were conducted in MEDLINE, CINAHL, and EMBASE. Hand-searching of references and citations was undertaken. Based on the identified tools, a second electronic search until September 2019 was performed to check whether all evidence about these tools in the context of chronic heart failure was included.
resultsNineteen studies described a total of seven tools. The tools varied in purpose, intended user and properties. The tools have been validated to a limited extent in the context of chronic heart failure and palliative care. Different health care professionals applied the tools in various settings at different moments of the care process. Guidance and instruction about how to apply the tool revealed to be relevant but may be not enough for uptake. Spiritual care needs were perceived as difficult to assess.
conclusionSeven tools were identified which showed different and limited levels of validity in the context of palliative care and chronic heart failure.
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