SynthesisPalliative medicine2021
The experience of delirium in palliative care settings for patients, family, clinicians and volunteers: A qualitative systematic review and thematic synthesis.
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15 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Barriers to healthcare professionals screening, recognizing, and managing delirium in the adult patients receiving specialist palliative care: a mixed-methods systematic review.BMC palliative care · 2025Pooled it
- "Pleasantly confused" and missed opportunities for delirium recognition: A hospital record audit.International journal of nursing studies advances · 2026Article
- Delirium severity trajectories and survival outcome in palliative care patients.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2026Article
- End-of-life dreams and visions in a patient with delirium: A Brazilian case report and narrative review.Palliative & supportive care · 2025Review
- What are the experiences and support needs of district nurses caring for terminally ill people with delirium at home? A qualitative study.BMC palliative care · 2025Article
- Delirium prevention in hospices: Opportunities and limitations - A focused ethnography.Palliative medicine · 2025Article
- Association between educational level and postoperative delirium in older patients undergoing abdominal surgery: a two-sample cohort study.Frontiers in medicine · 2025Article
- 'The upside-down' healthcare professional students' experiences of delirium: an all-Ireland focus group study.BMC medical education · 2024Article
- Improving thePalliative medicine · 2024Article
- Improving hospice delirium guideline adoption through an understanding of barriers and facilitators: A mixed-methods study.PloS one · 2024Article
- Addressing recurrent hypoglycaemia through thoracic surgical intervention: understanding Doege-Potter syndrome, a rarity in syndromes.Archives of medical sciences. Atherosclerotic diseases · 2024Article
- 'It's tough. It is hard': A qualitative interview study of staff and volunteers caring for hospice in-patients with delirium.Palliative medicine · 2023Article
- Recurrence of solitary fibrous tumor of the pleura with hypoglycemia (Doege-Potter Syndrome): a case report description.Frontiers in oncology · 2023Article
- Three key areas in progressing delirium practice and knowledge: recognition and relief of distress, new directions in delirium epidemiology and developing better research assessments.Age and ageing · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundDelirium is common in palliative care settings and is distressing for patients, their families and clinicians. To develop effective interventions, we need first to understand current delirium care in this setting.
aimTo understand patient, family, clinicians' and volunteers' experience of delirium and its care in palliative care contexts.
designQualitative systematic review and thematic synthesis (PROSPERO 2018 CRD42018102417). DATA SOURCES: The following databases were searched: CINAHL, Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects, Embase, MEDLINE and PsycINFO (2000-2020) for qualitative studies exploring experiences of delirium or its care in specialist palliative care services. Study selection and quality appraisal were independently conducted by two reviewers.
resultsA total of 21 papers describing 16 studies were included. In quality appraisal, trustworthiness (rigour of methods used) was assessed as high (
conclusionsIncreased understanding of non-pharmacological approaches to delirium prevention and management, as well as support for clinicians and families, are important to enable patients' multi-dimensional needs to be met.
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