ReviewBMC palliative care2021
Developing an integrated model of community-based palliative care into the primary health care (PHC) for terminally ill cancer patients in Iran.
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- Primary palliative care in low- and middle-income countries: A systematic review and thematic synthesis of the evidence for models and outcomes.Palliative medicine · 2024Pooled it
- Introduction of Various Models of Palliative Oncology Care: A Systematic Review.Reviews on recent clinical trials · 2024Pooled it
- The effect of community-based palliative supportive care integrated with primary health care (PHC) on the outcomes of terminally ill cancer patients.BMC primary care · 2025Trial
- The Core Competencies of Nurses Providing Home-based Palliative Care to Patients with Incurable Diseases: A Scoping Review.International journal of community based nursing and midwifery · 2026Article
- Evaluation of the responsiveness of the Iranian health system to the needs of the elderly during the COVID-19 pandemic: a community-based study.BMC health services research · 2025Article
- Integration of Palliative Care into Primary Care: A Collaborative Effort Between the Indian Association of Palliative Care and the Indian Association of Preventive and Social Medicine.Indian journal of community medicine : official publication of Indian Association of Preventive & Social Medicine · 2024Article
- A model for integrating palliative care into Eastern Mediterranean health systems with a primary care approach.BMC palliative care · 2024Article
- Explaining the challenges of Iranian caregivers in provision of home health care to spinal cord injury patients: a qualitative study.BMC nursing · 2024Article
- Future scenarios of palliative care in health system of Iran: a multi-method study.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
- Exploring caregivers' perceptions of community-based service requirements of patients with spinal cord injury: a qualitative study.BMC primary care · 2023Article
- Use and impact of a novel nurse-led consultation model in a palliative care consultation service for terminally ill cancer patients in Taiwan: an 11-year observational study.Supportive care in cancer : official journal of the Multinational Association of Supportive Care in Cancer · 2023Observational
- Developing a Model for the Establishment of the Hospice Care Delivery System for Iranian Adult Patients With Cancer.Frontiers in psychology · 2022Article
- Community Care for Cancer Patients in Rural Areas: An Integrated Regional Cancer Center and Public Health Center Partnership Model.Journal of hospice and palliative care · 2021Article
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Abstract
backgroundPatients with cancer commonly experience pain and suffering at the end of life days. Community-based palliative care can improve the quality of life of terminally-ill cancer patients and provide them with a merciful death. The purpose of this study was to develop an integrated model of community-based palliative care into PHC for terminally ill cancer patients.
methodThis study is a health system research (HSR) that was conducted in three phases from October 2016 to July 2020. In the first phase, dimensions of community-based palliative care were explored in patients with cancer using qualitative methods and conventional content analysis. In the second phase, a scoping review was carried out to complete the collected data from the qualitative phase of the study. Based on the collected data in the first and second phases of the study, a preliminary draft of community-based palliative care was developed for patients with cancer based on the framework of the World Health Organization. Finally, the developed model was validated using the Delphi technique in the third phase of the study.
resultsData analysis indicated that providing community-based care to patients with cancer is influenced by the context of care. According to the developed model, patients are identified as terminally ill, and then are referred to the local comprehensive health center in a reverse manner. After patients' referral, they can receive appropriate healthcare until death by the home care team in relation to the comprehensive health center based on the framework of primary healthcare.
conclusionsThis model was developed based on the current Iranian healthcare structure and the needs of terminally ill cancer patients. According to the model, healthcare is provided in a reverse manner from the subspecialty centers to patients' homes in order to provide easy access to palliative care. It is suggested to use this model as a pilot at the regional level.
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