Palliative medicine
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Palliative medicine · Jan 2016
The changing demographics of inpatient hospice death: Population-based cross-sectional study in England, 1993-2012.
Studies in the United Kingdom and elsewhere have suggested inequality of hospice provision with respect to factors such as age, diagnosis and socio-economic position. How this has changed over time is unknown. ⋯ The increase in non-cancer conditions among hospice decedents is encouraging although absolute numbers remain very small. Deprivation trends are concerning and require further exploration.
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Palliative medicine · Jan 2016
ReviewEAPC White Paper on outcome measurement in palliative care: Improving practice, attaining outcomes and delivering quality services - Recommendations from the European Association for Palliative Care (EAPC) Task Force on Outcome Measurement.
Outcome measurement plays an increasing role in improving the quality, effectiveness, efficiency and availability of palliative care. ⋯ The White Paper recommends the introduction of outcome measurement into practice and outcomes that allow for national and international comparisons. Outcome measurement is key to understanding different models of care across countries and, ultimately, patient outcome having controlled for differing patients characteristics.
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Palliative medicine · Jan 2016
Student nurses' experience of and attitudes towards care of the dying: A cross-sectional study.
Nurses are the professional group with the greatest contact with those at the end of life and their attitudes towards the care of the dying is important in care delivery. ⋯ The length of time in education and practical experience of caring for dying individuals are independently associated with positive attitudes towards care of the dying among student nurses.
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Palliative medicine · Jan 2016
ReviewPsychometric properties of carer-reported outcome measures in palliative care: A systematic review.
Informal carers face many challenges in caring for patients with palliative care needs. Selecting suitable valid and reliable outcome measures to determine the impact of caring and carers' outcomes is a common problem. ⋯ A broad range of outcome measures have been used for informal carers of patients with palliative care needs. Little formal psychometric testing has been undertaken. Furthermore, development and refinement of measures in this field is required.