• J Pain Symptom Manage · Dec 2018

    Review

    A Systematic Review in Support of the National Consensus Project Clinical Practice Guidelines for Quality Palliative Care, Fourth Edition.

    • Sangeeta C Ahluwalia, Christine Chen, Laura Raaen, Aneesa Motala, Anne M Walling, Margaret Chamberlin, Claire O'Hanlon, Jody Larkin, Karl Lorenz, Olamigoke Akinniranye, and Susanne Hempel.
    • RAND Health, Santa Monica, California, USA; UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, Los Angeles, California, USA. Electronic address: sahluwal@rand.org.
    • J Pain Symptom Manage. 2018 Dec 1; 56 (6): 831-870.

    ContextPalliative care continues to be a rapidly growing field aimed at improving quality of life for patients and their caregivers.ObjectivesThe purpose of this review was to provide a synthesis of the evidence in palliative care to inform the fourth edition of the National Consensus Project Clinical Practice Guidelines for Quality Palliative Care.MethodsTen key review questions addressing eight content domains guided a systematic review focused on palliative care interventions. We searched eight databases in February 2018 for systematic reviews published in English from 2013, after the last edition of National Consensus Project guidelines was published, to present. Experienced literature reviewers screened, abstracted, and appraised data per a detailed protocol registered in PROSPERO. The quality of evidence was evaluated using the Grading of Recommendations, Assessment, Development and Evaluations criteria. The review was supported by a technical expert panel.ResultsWe identified 139 systematic reviews meeting inclusion criteria. Reviews addressed the structure and process of care (interdisciplinary team care, 13 reviews; care coordination, 18 reviews); physical aspects (48 reviews); psychological aspects (26 reviews); social aspects (two reviews); spiritual, religious, and existential aspects (11 reviews); cultural aspects (three reviews); care of the patient nearing the end of life (grief/bereavement programs, six reviews; final days of life, two reviews); ethical and legal aspects (36 reviews).ConclusionA substantial body of evidence exists to support clinical practice guidelines for quality palliative care, but the quality of evidence is limited.Copyright © 2018 National Coalition for Hospice and Palliative Care. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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