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ArticleBMC palliative care2022

Strategies for knowledge translation of a palliative approach outside specialized palliative care services: a scoping review.

Joakim Öhlén, Susanna Böling, Hanan HamdanAlshehri, Margareta Brännström, Ingela Henoch, Eva Hessman, Stefan Nilsson, Anneli Ozanne

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Article in BMC palliative care, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3citing papers in PubMed
0.8field-weighted citation impact, top 29% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Joakim ÖhlénUniversity of Gothenburg, Sahlgrenska Academy, Institute of Health and Care Sciences and Centre for Person-Centred Care, and Palliative Centre at the Sahlgrenska University Hospital Region Västra Götaland, Gothenburg, Sweden.
Susanna BölingUniversity of Gothenburg, Sahlgrenska Academy, Institute of Health and Care Sciences, Gothenburg, Sweden. susanna.boling@gu.se.
Hanan HamdanAlshehriUniversity of Gothenburg, Sahlgrenska Academy, Institute of Health and Care Sciences, Gothenburg, Sweden.
Margareta BrännströmUmeå University, Department of Nursing, Skellefteå, Sweden.
Ingela HenochUniversity of Gothenburg, Sahlgrenska Academy, Institute of Health and Care Sciences, Gothenburg, Sweden.
Eva HessmanUniversity of Gothenburg, Biomedical Library, Gothenburg University Library, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden.
Stefan NilssonUniversity of Gothenburg, Sahlgrenska Academy, Institute of Health and Care Sciences and University of Gothenburg Centre for Person-Centred Care (GPCC), Gothenburg, Sweden.
Anneli OzanneUniversity of Gothenburg, Sahlgrenska Academy, Institute of Health and Care Sciences, and Department of Neurology, Sahlgrenska University Hospital, Gothenburg, Sweden.
University of Gothenburg · SESahlgrenska University Hospital · SESkellefteå Hospital · SE

Funding

Princess Nourah Bint Abdulrahman University Scholarship grant
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesResearch suggests palliative care to be translated and integrated in non-specialized palliative care services throughout the palliative care continuum across populations and settings. A need has been identified to build on the existing research literature in order to design strong knowledge translation strategies that can be evaluated in future research. The aim was to map strategies for knowledge translation of a palliative approach to care into non-specialized palliative care services for adult patients. The objectives were to explore the primary research activities, the specific type of knowledge translation strategies used, the research designs and study settings for such evaluations along with the major results thereof, and to identify major research gaps in this area.

methodsA scoping review was performed to map the volume and characteristics of research literature (project registered in PROSPERO #2018 CRD42018100663). The ten-year period 2010 to 2019 was searched in six major databases for original articles published in English in which the knowledge translation of a palliative approach for adult patients was evaluated in non-specialized palliative healthcare settings, and all type of empirical data-based research designs. We excluded non-English, non-empirical articles, non-evaluation of knowledge translations, specialized palliative care settings, and other types of publications (i.e. non-original articles).

resultsMost of the 183 included articles focused on patients with cancer who were dying in hospitals and in high income countries. Only 13 articles focused on early palliative care. A palette of different strategies was used to implement palliative care in non-specialist palliative settings; no strategy was identified as outstanding. The majority of the articles had unspecified essential components of the research designs.

conclusionPrevious suggestions for utilization of implementation science for knowledge translation of a palliative approach to care into non-specialized palliative care services are confirmed, and established knowledge translation theories can strengthen the field. To advance this specific field of knowledge, meticulously detailed reporting of studies is required as related to research designs, clarifications of contextual influences and mechanisms at work. Specific systematic reviews and meta-syntheses in the field are merited.

Indexed as

Hospice and Palliative Care NursingNeoplasmsHumansPalliative CareTranslational Science, BiomedicalDelivery of health care, integratedDiffusion of innovationImplementation sciencePalliative careReview

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PMID35317795
PMCPMC8939083
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