ReviewInternational journal of nursing studies advances2025
The effectiveness of nurse-led palliative care needs assessment on patients' quality of life and symptom burden: a systematic review.
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- The nurse's role during death and bereavement: a systematic review.BMC nursing · 2026Article
- Integrated palliative nursing interventions for older adults with cancer: Effects on quality of life, psychological outcomes, and symptom burden.Palliative & supportive care · 2026Article
- Development of a Nursing Quality Evaluation Indicator System for Lung Cancer in Traditional Chinese Medicine Based on the Donabedian Model: A Delphi Study.Journal of multidisciplinary healthcare · 2026Article
- Predicting Do-Not-Resuscitate Decisions in Critically Ill Patients Through Using Multitask Learning: A Retrospective Study of the MIMIC-IV Database.Inquiry : a journal of medical care organization, provision and financingArticle
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Abstract
Background: Optimal palliative care requires a correct assessment of needs. Nurses are well-placed to undertake this task, but the effectiveness of nurse-led palliative care needs assessment remains uncertain. Aim: To evaluate the evidence regarding the impact of nurse-led palliative care needs assessment on adult patients with oncological and non-oncological illnesses quality of life, symptom burden and hospitalisations. Design: Systematic review. The review was registered on the international Prospective Register of Systematic Reviews (PROSPERO) (registration number CRD42023429259). Data sources: Databases searched were CINAHL, PubMed, Embase, and MEDLINE from inception to April 2024. Methods: A systematic review of English language, randomised controlled trials, conducted in May 2023, and updated in April 2024, on the impact of nurse-led palliative care needs assessment was undertaken. Two independent reviewers screened papers, and two reviewers independently conducted data extraction and risk of bias assessment using the Cochrane Risk of Bias 2 tool. The data were analysed using a narrative synthesis approach by combining studies according to the outcomes of interest. Results: Six trials were included, involving oncological patients ( Conclusion: There is a paucity of high-quality evidence on the effectiveness of nurse-led palliative care needs assessments. Future researchers must identify what level of needs predicts poor quality of life, assess interventions tailored to local contexts, and determine how best to evaluate their impact using clinically relevant outcome measures.
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