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Havana T, Kuha S, Laukka E, Kanste O. Patients' experiences of patient-centred care in hospital setting: A systematic review of qualitative studies. Scand J Caring Sci 2023; 37:1001-1015. [PMID: 37066838 DOI: 10.1111/scs.13174] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2023] [Revised: 03/14/2023] [Accepted: 04/01/2023] [Indexed: 04/18/2023]
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BACKGROUND Patient-centred care (PCC) has been proposed as an appropriate approach for addressing current shifts in healthcare needs. Although the importance of PCC is generally recognised, PCC is poorly understood by patients in the hospital settings. OBJECTIVES To identify patients' experiences of PCC in hospital settings. METHODOLOGICAL DESIGN This systematic review followed the Joanna Briggs Institute's (JBI) guidance for systematic reviews of qualitative evidence and the PRISMA checklist for reporting systematic reviews. The search strategy included peer-reviewed qualitative studies published after 2010 in English or Finnish. The databases searched were SCOPUS, MEDLINE, CINAHL and Medic. Unpublished studies and grey literature were searched in MedNar. Ten qualitative studies were included, and their quality was assessed by two independent reviewers using JBI quality assessment criteria. The data were analysed using thematic analysis. SETTING AND PARTICIPANTS Studies were included if they had explored adult patient experiences of PCC in hospital settings. RESULTS A thematic analysis produced 14 subthemes which were grouped into five analytical themes: the presence of the professional, patient involvement in care, receiving information, the patient-professional relationship and being seen as a person. CONCLUSIONS AND IMPLICATIONS This review suggests that the implementation and provision of PCC in hospitals is incomplete and patients' involvement in their own care should be in the focus of PCC. The majority of patients experienced receiving PCC, but others did not. The need for improvement of patient involvement was strongly emphasised. Patients highlighted the importance of professionals being present and spending time with patients. Patients felt well-informed about their care but expressed the need for better communication. Meaningful patient-professional relationships were brokered by professionals demonstrating genuine care and respecting the patient as an individual. To improve the implementation of PCC, patient experiences should be considered in the development of relevant hospital care strategies. In addition, more training in PCC and patient-professional communication should be provided to health care professionals.
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- Tiina Havana
- Research Unit of Health Sciences and Technology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
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- Research Unit of Health Sciences and Technology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
- The Finnish Centre for Evidence-Based Health Care: A Joanna Briggs Institute Centre of Excellence, Helsinki, Finland
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- Research Unit of Health Sciences and Technology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
- The Finnish Centre for Evidence-Based Health Care: A Joanna Briggs Institute Centre of Excellence, Helsinki, Finland
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- Research Unit of Health Sciences and Technology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
- The Finnish Centre for Evidence-Based Health Care: A Joanna Briggs Institute Centre of Excellence, Helsinki, Finland
- Medical Research Center, Oulu University Hospital, Oulu, Finland
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Rosendal KA, Lehn S, Overgaard D. Body care of older people in different institutionalized settings: A systematic mapping review of international nursing research from a Scandinavian perspective. Nurs Inq 2023; 30:e12503. [PMID: 35666581 PMCID: PMC10078501 DOI: 10.1111/nin.12503] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/23/2022] [Revised: 05/12/2022] [Accepted: 05/19/2022] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Body care is considered a key aspect of nursing and imperative for the health, wellbeing, and dignity of older people. In Scandinavian countries, body care as a professional practice has undergone considerable changes, bringing new understandings, values, and dilemmas into nursing. A systematic mapping review was conducted with the aims of identifying and mapping international nursing research on body care of older people in different institutionalized settings in the healthcare system and to critically discuss the dominant assumptions within the research by adapting a problematization approach. Most identified papers reported on empirical research with a biomedical approach focusing on outcome and effectiveness. Conceptual papers, papers with a focus on the perspectives of the older people, or contextual and material aspects were lacking. The research field is dominated by four dominant assumptions: Body care as an evidence-based practice, body care as a relational ethical practice, the body as a body-object and a body-subject, the objects in the body care practices as nonrelational materialities. Given the complexities of professional body care practices, there is a need for other research designs and theoretical perspectives within nursing that expand our understanding of body care taking into consideration the multiple social and material realities.
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- Kirstine A Rosendal
- Department of People and Technology, Research Centre in Health Promotion, University of Roskilde, Roskilde, Denmark
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- Department of People and Technology, Research Centre in Health Promotion, University of Roskilde, Roskilde, Denmark
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- Department of Nursing and Nutrition, Faculty of Health, University College Copenhagen, Copenhagen N, Denmark
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Pentecost C, Frost J, Sugg HVR, Hilli A, Goodwin VA, Richards DA. Patients' and nurses' experiences of fundamental nursing care: A systematic review and qualitative synthesis. J Clin Nurs 2019; 29:1858-1882. [PMID: 31661591 PMCID: PMC7319357 DOI: 10.1111/jocn.15082] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2019] [Revised: 08/07/2019] [Accepted: 08/24/2019] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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AIMS AND OBJECTIVES To systematically identify, appraise and synthesise patients', residents' and nurses' experiences of fundamental nursing care for nutrition, elimination, mobility and hygiene. BACKGROUND The evidence base for effective nursing behaviours to assist people with their fundamental care needs is sparse, hampering the development of effective interventions. Synthesising data on patients' and nurses' experiences of fundamentals of nursing care could contribute to the development of such an intervention. METHODS Systematic review and synthesis of qualitative data from qualitative studies on patients' and nurses' experiences of fundamental nursing care behaviours addressing peoples' nutrition, elimination, mobility and hygiene needs. We appraised study quality and relevance and used a narrative approach to data synthesis, fulfilling PRISMA criteria (Appendix S2). RESULTS We identified 22,374 papers, and 47 met our inclusion criteria. Most papers were of low quality. Sixteen papers met our quality and relevance criteria and were included for synthesis. Papers were about nutrition (2) elimination (2), mobility (5), hygiene (5) and multiple care areas (2). We found nurses and patients report that fundamental nursing care practices involve strong leadership, collaborative partnerships with patients and cohesive organisational practices aligned to nursing care objectives and actions. CONCLUSIONS To improve fundamental care and interventions suitable for testing may require attention to leadership, patient-nurse relationships and organisational coherence plus the fundamentals of care nursing interventions themselves. RELEVANCE TO CLINICAL PRACTICE More rigorous mixed methods research about fundamental nursing care is needed to inform nursing practice and improve patient's experience. Nursing interventions should include effective nurse leadership and nurse-patient collaboration and a focus on fundamental care by the host organisation.
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- Claire Pentecost
- Institute of Health Research, University of Exeter Medical School, Exeter, UK
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- Institute of Health Research, University of Exeter Medical School, Exeter, UK
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- Institute of Health Research, University of Exeter Medical School, Exeter, UK
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- Institute of Health Research, University of Exeter Medical School, Exeter, UK
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- Institute of Health Research, University of Exeter Medical School, Exeter, UK
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- Institute of Health Research, University of Exeter Medical School, Exeter, UK
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Jangland E, Mirza N, Conroy T, Merriman C, Suzui E, Nishimura A, Ewens A. Nursing students' understanding of the Fundamentals of Care: A cross-sectional study in five countries. J Clin Nurs 2018. [PMID: 29526052 DOI: 10.1111/jocn.14352] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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AIM AND OBJECTIVE To explore the accuracy with which nursing students can identify the fundamentals of care. BACKGROUND A challenge facing nursing is ensuring the fundamentals of care are provided with compassion and in a timely manner. How students perceive the importance of the fundamentals of care may be influenced by the content and delivery of their nursing curriculum. As the fundamentals of care play a vital role in ensuring patient safety and quality care, it is important to examine how nursing students identify these care needs. DESIGN Cross-sectional descriptive design. METHODS A total of 398 nursing students (pre- and postregistration) from universities in Sweden, England, Japan, Canada and Australia participated. The Fundamentals of Care Framework guided this study. A questionnaire containing three care scenarios was developed and validated. Study participants identified the fundamentals of care for each of the scenarios. All responses were rated and analysed using ANOVA. RESULTS The data illustrate certain fundamentals of care were identified more frequently, including communication and education; comfort and elimination, whilst respecting choice, privacy and dignity were less frequently identified. The ability to identify all the correct care needs was low overall across the pre- and postregistration nursing programmes in the five universities. Significant differences in the number of correctly identified care needs between some of the groups were identified. CONCLUSIONS Nursing students are not correctly identifying all a patient's fundamental care needs when presented with different care scenarios. Students more frequently identifying physical care needs and less frequently psychosocial and relational needs. The findings suggest educators may need to emphasise and integrate all three dimensions. RELEVANCE TO CLINICAL PRACTICE To promote students' ability to identify the integrated nature of the fundamentals of care, practising clinicians and nurse educators need to role model and incorporate all the fundamental care needs for their patients.
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- Eva Jangland
- Department of Surgical Sciences, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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- School of Nursing, Thompson Rivers University, Kamloops, BC, Canada
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- Adelaide Nursing School, University of Adelaide, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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- Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford, UK
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- New Department Preparatory Office, Otemae University, Kobe, Japan
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- Department of Nursing School of Nursing, Hyogo University of Health Sciences, Kobe, Japan
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- Centre of Excellence in Healthcare Education, Staffordshire University, Stoke-on-Trent, UK
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Andersen IC, Thomsen TG, Bruun P, Bødtger U, Hounsgaard L. The experience of being a participant in one's own care at discharge and at home, following a severe acute exacerbation in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease: a longitudinal study. Int J Qual Stud Health Well-being 2017; 12:1371994. [PMID: 28875771 PMCID: PMC5613917 DOI: 10.1080/17482631.2017.1371994] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 08/19/2017] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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PURPOSE In healthcare related to hospital discharge and follow-up, it is acknowledged that patient participation can strengthen self-management in patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. However, the meaning of participation in care following a severe acute exacerbation is less described. Therefore, the aim of this part of a larger study was to explore patients' experiences of participating in their care around discharge and in their subsequent day-to-day care at home. METHOD The study was designed as a qualitative, longitudinal study. Data were collected by repeated participant observations and in-depth interviews with 15 patients within a period of 18 months post-discharge. A phenomenological-hermeneutic approach was used to interpret the data. RESULTS Before discharge, the patients struggled to regain a sense of control in their efforts to build up strength, and acquire sufficient clarity and confidence to face self-management at home. At home, the patients strived to comply with advice and encouragement in a struggle to stay motivated and confident, and to ask for help. CONCLUSIONS With more knowledge about patients' participation in care, healthcare professionals can encounter patients in ways that are sensitive to their specific care and support needs and, thereby, contribute to the promotion of patients' health and well-being.
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- Ingrid Charlotte Andersen
- Odense Patient data Explorative Network, Odense University Hospital/Department of Clinical Research, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
- Department of Medicine, Slagelse Hospital, Slagelse, Denmark
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- Zealand University Hospital, Roskilde and Koege, Denmark and Institute of Regional Health Research, University of Southern Denmark, OdenseDenmark
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- Health Sciences Research Center, University College Lillebaelt, Denmark
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- Department of Respiratory Medicine, Næstved Hospital, Næstved, Denmark and Institute of Regional Health Research, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
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- Odense Patient data Explorative Network, Odense University Hospital/Department of Clinical Research, University of Southern Denmark, Odense, Denmark
- Health Sciences Research Center, University College Lillebaelt, Denmark
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Dunger C, Schnell MW, Bausewein C. Nurses' decision-making in ethically relevant clinical situations using the example of breathlessness: study protocol of a reflexive grounded theory integrating Goffman's framework analysis. BMJ Open 2017; 7:e012975. [PMID: 28399508 PMCID: PMC5337674 DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2016-012975] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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INTRODUCTION Decision-making (DM) in healthcare can be understood as an interactive process addressing decision makers' reasoning as well as their visible behaviour after the decision is made. Other key elements of DM are ethical aspects and the role as well as the treatment options of the examined professions. Nurses' DM to choose interventions in situations of severe breathlessness is such interactions. They are also ethically relevant regarding the vulnerability of affected patients and possible restrictions or treatment options. The study aims to explore which factors influence nurses' DM to use nursing interventions in situations where patients suffer from severe breathlessness. METHODS AND ANALYSIS Qualitative study including nurses in German hospital wards and hospices. A triangulation of different methods of data collection-participant observation and qualitative expert interviews-and analysis merge in a reflexive grounded theory approach which integrates Goffman's framework analysis. It allows an analysis of nurses' self-statements about DM, their behaviour in relevant clinical situations and its influences. Data collection and analysis will be examined simultaneously. ETHICS AND DISSEMINATION Informed consent will be gained from all participants and the institutional stakeholders. Ongoing consent has to be ensured since observations will take place in healthcare institutions and many patients will be highly vulnerable. The study has been evaluated and approved by the Witten/Herdecke University Ethics Committee, Witten, Germany. Results of the study will be published at congresses and in journal papers.
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- Christine Dunger
- Institute for Ethics and Communication in Healthcare, Witten/Herdecke University, Witten, Germany
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- Institute for Ethics and Communication in Healthcare, Witten/Herdecke University, Witten, Germany
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- Department of Palliative Medicine, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Munich University Hospital, Munich, Germany
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Jellington MO, Overgaard D, Sørensen EE. Manoeuvring along the edge of breathlessness: an ethnographic case study of two nurses. BMC Nurs 2016; 15:27. [PMID: 27127418 PMCID: PMC4848841 DOI: 10.1186/s12912-016-0148-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2015] [Accepted: 04/20/2016] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Background There appears to be divergence between nurses’ and patients’ perceptions of dyspnoea onset and on how help should be given. This may affect how nurses understand and assess their patients’ anxiety and the severity of dyspnoea, potentially diminishing their chances of relieving patients’ dyspnoea. The aim of this study was to explore nurse–patient interaction in situations where patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease are experiencing acute or worsened dyspnoea in a hospital setting. Methods An ethnographic study using participant observation of two nurses’ interactions with six patients, followed by qualitative in-depth interviews with the nurses. Data were analysed in three steps. First, they were coded for identification of preliminary themes. Second, data were regrouped into preliminary themes for focused analysis which led to formulation of themes and subthemes. Third, hermeneutical principles were used as all data were interpreted from the viewpoint of each theme. Results Three themes were identified: Manoeuvring along the edge; Dyspnoea within the pattern; and Dyspnoea outside the pattern. They were encompassed by the main finding: Manoeuvring along the edge of breathlessness. The nurses attempted to navigate between implicit and explicit care approaches and to create a sphere for relieving or avoiding further worsening of dyspnoea. Depending on the identified pattern for a particular dyspnoeic episode, nurses attributed different significance to the dyspnoea. Conclusions Interacting in dyspnoeic situations places nurses in a dilemma: an implicit approach risk, deriving from exclusion of patients and performing hesitantly; or an explicit negotiation risk, where patients are exhausted and removed from focusing and breathing. The dilemma weakens nurses’ opportunities to relieve or avoid a worsening of the dyspnoea. Likewise, the divergence between nurses’ and patients’ assessment of dyspnoea as within or outside the pattern appears to jeopardize the efficiency of care. Our findings contribute to a deeper understanding of the challenges of respiratory nursing care in general, and the challenges of relieving in-patients’ dyspnoea in particular.
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- Maria Omel Jellington
- Department of Pulmonary and Infectious Diseases, North Zealand Hospital, Hilleroed, Denmark
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- Department of Nursing, Metropolitan University College, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Clinical Medicine, Aalborg University, Sdr. Skovvej 15, 9000 Aalborg, Denmark ; Clinical Nursing Research Unit, Aalborg University Hospital, Sdr. Skovvej 15, 9000 Aalborg, Denmark
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Small M, Higgins V, Lees A, Johns N, Mastrangelo A, Nazareth T, Turner SJ. Physician-Patient Concordance in Pharmacological Management of Patients with COPD. COPD 2015; 12:473-83. [PMID: 26244570 PMCID: PMC4776681 DOI: 10.3109/15412555.2014.995287] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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A retrospective analysis of a cross-sectional, multicenter survey was conducted in United States (US) medical practices to evaluate the concordance between patients with COPD and their physicians on disease-specific characteristics. Associations between patient and disease-related characteristics with monotherapy, dual therapy, or triple therapy prescribed as COPD maintenance regimens were also examined. Eligible physicians completed patient record forms (PRFs) for up to 6 consecutive patients with COPD. Patients for whom a PRF was completed were invited to complete a patient self-completion (PSC) survey consisting of questions similar to those on the PRF, as well as several validated measures to assess the impact of COPD on patients' lives. A total of 469 patients completed a PSC that was matched with the PRF completed by their physician, forming the sample for the concordance analysis. Moderate agreement (kappa (κ) = 0.41-0.60) was observed for 79% of measures, with the lowest concordance rating corresponding to hemoptysis (κ = 0.22). There were few differences in demographic or clinical characteristics between patients prescribed monotherapy and dual therapy. Triple therapy rather than monotherapy or dual therapy was more often prescribed for patients with greater frequency of symptoms, negative impact of COPD on daily life and interpersonal relationships, and respiratory impairment based on the most recent FEV1. Diverse factors influence US physicians' perceptions of disease and treatment choices, including patient symptoms, quality of life, and disease impact. Our results highlight that concordance between physicians and patients regarding symptoms and physical function may contribute to optimal management of COPD.
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- Mark Small
- Adelphi Real World, Adelphi Mill, Bollington, Cheshire, United Kingdom
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- Adelphi Real World, Adelphi Mill, Bollington, Cheshire, United Kingdom
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- Adelphi Real World, Adelphi Mill, Bollington, Cheshire, United Kingdom
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- Adelphi Real World, Adelphi Mill, Bollington, Cheshire, United Kingdom
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- Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation, East Hanover, New Jersey, USA
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- Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation, East Hanover, New Jersey, USA
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Meanings and experiential outcomes of bodily care in a specialist palliative context. Palliat Support Care 2014; 13:625-33. [PMID: 24762673 DOI: 10.1017/s147895151400025x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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OBJECTIVE The objective of this study was to enhance the depth of existing knowledge about meanings and experiential outcomes of bodily care in the context of an inpatient specialist palliative setting. METHOD Interpretative phenomenology was chosen as the study sought to explore individuals' lived experiences related to bodily care. Nine participants (five women, four men) of various ages and with various metastasized cancers and bodily-care needs, all from one specialist palliative care ward, participated. Data were collected with repeated narrative interviews and supplementary participating observations. Analysis was informed by van Manen's approach. RESULTS The following meanings and experiential outcomes of bodily care were revealed by our study: maintaining and losing body capability, breaching borders of bodily integrity, being comforted and relieved in bodily-care situations, and being left in distress with unmet needs. These meanings overlap and shape the nature of each other and involve comforting and distressing experiences related to what can be described as conditional dimensions: the particular situation, one's own experiences of the body, and healthcare professionals' approaches. SIGNIFICANCE OF RESULTS The results, based on specialist palliative care patients' experiences, outline the meanings and outcomes that relate to the quintessence and complexity of palliative care, deriving from dying persons' blend of both basic and symptom-oriented bodily-care needs. Moreover, the results outline how these two dimensions of care equally influence whether comfort and well-being are facilitated or not. Considering this, specialist palliative care may consider how to best integrate and acknowledge the value of skilled basic nursing care as part of and complementary to expertise in symptom relief during the trajectories of illness and dying.
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Developing an active implementation model for a chronic disease management program. Int J Integr Care 2013; 13:e020. [PMID: 23882169 PMCID: PMC3718271 DOI: 10.5334/ijic.994] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2012] [Revised: 03/05/2013] [Accepted: 03/20/2013] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Background Introduction and diffusion of new disease management programs in healthcare is usually slow, but active theory-driven implementation seems to outperform other implementation strategies. However, we have only scarce evidence on the feasibility and real effect of such strategies in complex primary care settings where municipalities, general practitioners and hospitals should work together. The Central Denmark Region recently implemented a disease management program for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) which presented an opportunity to test an active implementation model against the usual implementation model. The aim of the present paper is to describe the development of an active implementation model using the Medical Research Council’s model for complex interventions and the Chronic Care Model. Methods We used the Medical Research Council’s five-stage model for developing complex interventions to design an implementation model for a disease management program for COPD. First, literature on implementing change in general practice was scrutinised and empirical knowledge was assessed for suitability. In phase I, the intervention was developed; and in phases II and III, it was tested in a block- and cluster-randomised study. In phase IV, we evaluated the feasibility for others to use our active implementation model. Results The Chronic Care Model was identified as a model for designing efficient implementation elements. These elements were combined into a multifaceted intervention, and a timeline for the trial in a randomised study was decided upon in accordance with the five stages in the Medical Research Council’s model; this was captured in a PaTPlot, which allowed us to focus on the structure and the timing of the intervention. The implementation strategies identified as efficient were use of the Breakthrough Series, academic detailing, provision of patient material and meetings between providers. The active implementation model was tested in a randomised trial (results reported elsewhere). Conclusion The combination of the theoretical model for complex interventions and the Chronic Care Model and the chosen specific implementation strategies proved feasible for a practice-based active implementation model for a chronic-disease-management-program for COPD. Using the Medical Research Council’s model added transparency to the design phase which further facilitated the process of implementing the program. Trial registration: http://www.clinicaltrials.gov/(NCT01228708).
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