Long-term bereavement outcomes in family members of those who died in acute care hospitals before and during the first wave of COVID-19: A cohort study
SAGE Palliative Medicine & Chronic Care
by SAGE Publications Ltd.
4d ago
This episode features Dr Fiona Kenney and Koby Anderson, (Ottawa Hospital Research Institute, Ottawa, ON, Canada Bruyère Research Institute, Ottawa, ON, Canada)   What is already known about the topic? Previous research demonstrates a high prevalence of severe grief symptoms up to a year post-death of a loved one among those who experienced bereavement during the COVID-19 pandemic. No previous study has assessed changes in the severity of grief more than a year after the death of a loved one during the COVID-19 pandemic.   What this paper adds? This prospective cohort follow-up st ..read more
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Social acceptability of psilocybin-assisted therapy for existential distress at the end of life: A population-based survey
SAGE Palliative Medicine & Chronic Care
by SAGE Publications Ltd.
4d ago
This episode features Sue-Ling Chang, (CHU de Québec-Université Laval Research Center, Oncology Division, Québec City, QC, Canada)   What is already known about the topic? There is a growing interest in psilocybin-assisted therapy worldwide, particularly to treat existential distress at the end of life.   What this paper adds? In this study, we show that the social acceptability of psilocybin-assisted therapy to treat existential distress at the end of life is high in Canada and identify factors associated with favourable attitudes of the population towards it.   Implic ..read more
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Reduction in potentially inappropriate end-of-life hospital care for cancer patients during the COVID-19 pandemic: A retrospective population-based study
SAGE Palliative Medicine & Chronic Care
by SAGE Publications Ltd.
2M ago
This episode features Ellis Slotman (Netherlands Comprehensive Cancer Organisation (IKNL), Utrecht, the Netherlands)  What is already known about the topic? Potentially inappropriate end-of-life care in patients with cancer is still common. The COVID-19 pandemic has been shown to affect cancer diagnosis and treatment, but evidence on how the pandemic has affected end-of-life care is limited.   What this paper adds? The COVID-19 pandemic was associated with less potentially inappropriate care at the end of life in patients with cancer.  The decline in potentially inapprop ..read more
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Family carer experiences of hospice care at home: findings from a mixed methods realist evaluation
SAGE Palliative Medicine & Chronic Care
by SAGE Publications Ltd.
5M ago
This episode features Dr Vanessa Abrahamson, (Centre for Health Services Studies, University of Kent, Kent, UK).   What is already known about the topic? Increasingly, people at end-of-life want to die at home but this relies heavily on family carers to support the patient. Many carers struggle with the practical and emotional burden of caring for a loved one at home. Services providing hospice care at home are highly rated by carers but access is limited and the model of care varies greatly between services, with little data on how this affects patient/carer experiences.   What th ..read more
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"Challenges and opportunities for improvement when people with an intellectual disability or serious mental illness also need palliative care: A qualitative meta-ethnography"
SAGE Palliative Medicine & Chronic Care
by SAGE Publications Ltd.
5M ago
This episode features Dr Nivedita Ashok, (University College London, London, UK).   What is already known about the topic? Individuals with intellectual disability or serious mental illness have high rates of mortality due to physical comorbidities. These populations have specific needs that should be met to provide optimum palliative care and maintain optimum mental healthcare at the end-of-life. While research exists describing the problems these populations face, little is known about how to improve care for them.   What this paper adds? By focusing on lived experiences of pati ..read more
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What outcomes do studies use to measure the impact of prognostication on people with advanced cancer? Findings from a systematic review of quantitative and qualitative studies
SAGE Palliative Medicine & Chronic Care
by SAGE Publications Ltd.
6M ago
This episode features Caitlin Spooner (Marie Curie Palliative Care Research Department, University College London, London, UK).  What is already known about the topic? - Currently, there is no gold standard for evaluating how different methods of prognosticating in advanced cancer impact on patient care. - Prognostic models are principally evaluated by their statistical performance, determining their discrimination and calibration. However, before any prognostic model can be recommended for use in clinical practice, it is necessary to demonstrate whether or not it has a beneficial impact ..read more
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Telehealth requires improved evidence to achieve its full potential in palliative care
SAGE Palliative Medicine & Chronic Care
by SAGE Publications Ltd.
6M ago
This episode features Dr Amara Nwosu (Lancaster Medical School, Lancaster University, Lancaster, UK; Liverpool University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Liverpool, UK; and Marie Curie Hospice Liverpool, Liverpool, UK). The podcast is an overview of a published editorial on telehealth in palliative care. Dr Nwosu highlights the unrealised potential of palliative care telehealth, and discusses the opportunities and challenges associated with telehealth. Finally, Dr Nwosu describes the next steps needed for research evaluating palliative care telehealth.   Full paper available from: &n ..read more
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Hospital-service use in the last year of life by patients aged ⩾60 years who died of heart failure or cardiomyopathy: A retrospective linked data study
SAGE Palliative Medicine & Chronic Care
by SAGE Publications Ltd.
7M ago
Title "Hospital-service use in the last year of life by patients aged ⩾60 years who died of heart failure or cardiomyopathy: A retrospective linked data study" Description This episode features Dr Gursharan K Singh (Centre for Healthcare Transformation, Faculty of Health, Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Brisbane, QLD, Australia). What is already known about the topic? - Evidence based guidelines recommend palliative care for individuals with advanced heart failure, yet there is limited data on acute hospital and palliative care service use prior to death, to inform care planning and ..read more
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Applying the community readiness model to identify and address inequity in end-of-life care in South Asian communities
SAGE Palliative Medicine & Chronic Care
by SAGE Publications Ltd.
1y ago
This episode features Dr Rachael Moss (Bradford Institute for Health Research, Bradford Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust, Bradford, UK). What is already known about the topic: - The degree to which individuals access and use palliative and end-of-life care services varies across communities and countries.   What this paper adds: - This study found that the South Asian community (in Bradford, UK) are currently not ready to engage with palliative and end-of-life care services despite local initiatives to improve awareness. They are at the “pre-planning stage” (see Table 1) about end-of-l ..read more
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Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) in cancer pain: A database analysis to determine recruitment feasibility for a clinical trial
SAGE Palliative Medicine & Chronic Care
by SAGE Publications Ltd.
1y ago
This episode features Dr Andrew Page (Academic Unit of Palliative Care, Leeds Institute of Health Sciences, University of Leeds, Leeds, UK). Cancer pain is common, extremely debilitating, and undertreated worldwide. We do not know if non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (aka NSAIDs or “anti-inflammatories”) are effective in managing cancer pain of any type. To further scientific understanding, UK palliative care doctors advocate a pragmatic trial to determine the role, if any, of NSAIDs as opioid adjuncts for treating cancer-induced bone pain. Numbers treated for cancer-induced bone pain ..read more
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