ArticleGesundheitswesen (Bundesverband der Arzte des Offentlichen Gesundheitsdienstes (Germany))2023
[Advance Directives and Palliative Medical Care in Nursing Homes: A Study on Everyday Life and Relevance in Out-of-Hours Medical Care].
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backgroundThe percentage of nursing home residents that have documented advance directives (AD) is increasing. However, there are no studies concerning the consideration of these directives within the out-of-hours primary care or the emergency service. There is also a lack of information on the differences in the attitudes of doctors on duty in various disciplines towards therapeutic options in palliative situations.
methodsIn the context of research about the medical care of nursing home residents outside regular practice hours, the existence of AD and their consideration by the doctors on duty or emergency doctors was investigated (n=101). Furthermore, the attitudes of the doctors on duty (n=60) and of a reference group of palliative doctors (n=19) towards experience in palliative medicine, asking for AD of the patients and the approach in a fictive palliative case were recorded.
results71% of the 82 residents had documented a living will. In 54% of the 101 cases, the doctors on duty and emergency doctorsmade enquiries about AD. In 92% of cases, the doctors followed the given directives. Significant differences between doctors on duty and emergency doctors could not be confirmed. Given a fictive palliative case, 92% of the doctors on duty and 95% of the reference group stated they would enquire about an AD. In acute palliative situations, general practitioners, internists and palliative physicians were more likely to use rapid-acting opioids and anxiolytics, were less likely to call the emergency doctor and were less likely to admit patients to hospital. This distinguishes them from other disciplines.
conclusionsIn only 54% of all contacts between patient and doctors on duty or emergency doctors, enquiries were about an AD. That is why doctors need to be further sensitized on the issue of making enquiries about AD from unknown. Additionally, the patient's will should be visible in short form in the respective patient file. Arrangements made with foresight, early involvement of doctors with palliative experience (AAPV, SAPV) as well as increased palliative medical training could improve the care of nursing home residents.
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