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Driller B, Talseth-Palmer B, Hole T, Strømskag KE, Brenne AT. Cancer patients have a reduced likelihood of dying in hospital with advance care planning in primary health care and a summarizing palliative plan: a prospective controlled non-randomized intervention trial. Scand J Prim Health Care 2024; 42:471-482. [PMID: 38662520 PMCID: PMC11332305 DOI: 10.1080/02813432.2024.2346131] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2023] [Accepted: 04/17/2024] [Indexed: 08/17/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND Advance care planning (ACP) allows patients to define their goals and preferences. Spending more time at home and less time in the hospital, along with avoiding death in the hospital, are often considered desirable outcomes of palliative care (PC). In 2015, 36% of cancer patients died in the hospital and 13% died at home in Norway. METHOD From 2015 to 2022, this prospective controlled non-randomized intervention trial observed 144 cancer patients with or without an organized ACP conversation in primary health care and a summarizing palliative plan (ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT02170168, 23 June 2014). The patients were identified through contact with the local cancer outpatient clinic or hospital-based PC team. RESULTS A total of 128 patients died during the observation period. Of these, 67 patients had an organized ACP conversation and summarizing palliative plan (intervention (I) group) and 61 had not (control (C) group). Dying in the hospital was significantly less common for patients in the I group compared to the C group (17.9% vs. 34.4%; X2 (1, n = 128) = 4.55, p = 0.033). There were no differences between the groups in terms of where they spent their time in the last 90 days of life (home, nursing home, or hospital). Most patients (62%) preferred to die at home. The observed differences between the groups regarding preferred and actual places of death did not reach statistical significance. CONCLUSION With organized ACP conversations in primary health care and a summarizing palliative plan, cancer patients died less often in the hospital in our observational study. A structured ACP approach integrating palliative care for cancer patients into primary health care can support patients´ preferences at the end of life.
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- Bardo Driller
- Department of Oncology, Møre and Romsdal Hospital Trust, Ålesund, Norway
- Department for Research and Innovation, Møre and Romsdal Hospital Trust, Ålesund Norway
- Department of Clinical and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim Norway
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- Department for Research and Innovation, Møre and Romsdal Hospital Trust, Ålesund Norway
- School of Biomedical Sciences and Pharmacy, College of Health, Medicine and Wellbeing, University of Newcastle, Australia
- NSW Health Pathology, New South Wales, Australia
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- Department for Research and Innovation, Møre and Romsdal Hospital Trust, Ålesund Norway
- Department of Circulation and Medical Imaging, Faculty of Medicine and Health Science, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
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- Department of Surgery and Emergency Medicine Molde Hospital, Møre and Romsdal Hospital Trust, Molde, Norway
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- Department of Clinical and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim Norway
- Cancer Clinic, St. Olavs Hospital, Trondheim University Hospital, Trondheim, Norway
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Agena A, Atinafu Ataro B, Endrias EE, Birhan B, Borie YA, Bekele G, Molla E, Samuel T, Yeheyis T, Melesse A, Banga D. Nurses' knowledge, Practice, and Associated Factors Towards Adult Palliative Care: A Cross-sectional Study. J Hosp Palliat Nurs 2024; 26:E124-E134. [PMID: 38713759 DOI: 10.1097/njh.0000000000001035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/09/2024]
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The demand for palliative care is increasing rapidly, but inadequate knowledge and practice remain a significant issue. This study aimed to assess nurses' knowledge, practice, and associated factors toward adult palliative care. A cross-sectional study was conducted including 277 randomly selected nurses from May through September 2021. The data related to knowledge were gathered using the Palliative Care Quiz for Nursing, and an observational checklist to assess the practice was used. EpiData and SPSS software were used for data entry and analysis, respectively. Descriptive statistics and bivariable and multivariable analyses were also applied. Depending on the value of the adjusted odds ratio with a 95% confidence level, statistical significance was declared at a P value of .05. Findings showed that 43.2% and 47% of nurses had good knowledge and practice in palliative care, respectively. The odds of trained nurses having good knowledge were 9.65 times higher than those who did not. There were 2.7 times more odds of practicing palliative care among nurses with good knowledge than those with poor knowledge. Overall, over half of the nurses have poor knowledge and practice in palliative care. To enhance their knowledge and practice, formal palliative care education and training will be beneficial.
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Ødbehr L, Hov R, Sanaker H, Jensen ÅS, Korup A, Sandsdalen T. Physicians' understandings and experience of advance care planning in Norwegian nursing homes: a qualitative study. BMC Palliat Care 2024; 23:158. [PMID: 38915021 PMCID: PMC11194902 DOI: 10.1186/s12904-024-01481-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2023] [Accepted: 06/04/2024] [Indexed: 06/26/2024] Open
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BACKGROUND Advance care planning is a way of facilitating conversations with patients about future health care, values, and preferences at end of life. Nursing home physicians have the medical responsibility and the main obligation to facilitate planned meetings with patients. Although there has been a great deal of focus on establishing advance care planning in Norwegian nursing homes, it has yet to be widely implemented. Stated reasons are that the work routines in a nursing home do not include such meetings or that implementation seems complex due to frail patients. The aim of this study is thus to explore how physicians understand and experience advance care planning and follow-up of care plans in Norwegian nursing homes. METHODS The study has a qualitative research design with a phenomenological-hermeneutic approach based on interviews of twelve nursing home physicians working in community care. Interviews were conducted in February 2023 to May 2023, using a semi-structured interview guide. All interviews were recorded on audio files, transcribed, and analyzed using structural text analysis. RESULTS The findings are presented based on the following themes: (1) advance care planning is a dialog and a process, (2) advance care planning implies clarifying mutual expectations, and (3) advance care planning that brings relief and hope to patients is a medical art. CONCLUSIONS Advance care planning is a complex and dynamic process that implies medical treatment, decisions on treatment level, pain relief, and formulation of care plans where the patient's self-determination and personal values are respected. It implies an ongoing dialogue between physicians, patients, and their relatives about values such as dignity, self-understanding, social relations, and existential questions at end of life. Advance care planning requires a holistic approach that meets patients' psychological and existential needs such as comfort, trust, hope, and respect as well as their preferences and concerns.
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- Liv Ødbehr
- Department of Health and Nursing Sciences, Faculty of Social and Health Sciences, Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences, Elverum, Norway.
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- Development Center for Nursing Homes and Home Services, Hamar Municipality, Hamar, Norway
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- Municipal Medical Center, Ringsaker Municipality, Brumunddal, Norway
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- Development Center for Nursing Homes and Home Services, Hamar Municipality, Hamar, Norway
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- Municipal Medical Center, Ringsaker Municipality, Brumunddal, Norway
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- Department of Health and Nursing Sciences, Faculty of Social and Health Sciences, Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences, Elverum, Norway
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Mengual TE, Chover-Sierra E, Ballestar-Tarín ML, Saus-Ortega C, Gea-Caballero V, Colomer-Pérez N, Martínez-Sabater A. Knowledge about Palliative Care and Attitudes toward Care of the Dying among Primary Care Nurses in Spain. Healthcare (Basel) 2023; 11:healthcare11071018. [PMID: 37046946 PMCID: PMC10094341 DOI: 10.3390/healthcare11071018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2023] [Revised: 03/17/2023] [Accepted: 03/31/2023] [Indexed: 04/05/2023] Open
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Objective: To analyze the knowledge in palliative care and the attitudes toward caring for the dying of nurses who carry out their professional activity in primary care in Spain. Design: A cross-sectional descriptive observational study was carried out among Spanish primary care centers. Participants: A total of 244 nurses who had completed their primary care work and agreed to participate in this study were included. Main measurements: The level of knowledge in palliative care was analyzed using the PCQN-SV scale, and attitudes toward care of the dying were measured with the FATCOD-S scale, both of which are instruments that are validated in Spain. Results: Regarding the level of knowledge in palliative care, at a global level, the results revealed that 60% of the answers in the PCQN-SV were correct, with different results for each of the three subscales that compose it. When analyzing the attitudes of primary care nurses toward the care of the dying, an average of 132.21 out of 150 was obtained, representing a positive attitude. On the other hand, when analyzing these results in terms of knowledge and attitudes according to the population’s characteristics, we see that participants with both experience and training in palliative care present a better level of knowledge and a higher score regarding their attitudes toward care of the dying. However, the differences are only significant regarding the level of knowledge in palliative care. When analyzing the data from the two scales together, it is noteworthy that the participants with the most positive attitudes (highest scores on the FATCOD-S) also have the highest percentages of correct answers on the PCQN-SV.
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- Nursing Department, Facultat d’Infermeria i Podologia, Universitat de Valencia, 46010 Valencia, Spain
- Internal Medicine, Consorcio Hospital General Universitario de Valencia, 46014 Valencia, Spain
- Nursing Care and Education Research Group (GRIECE), GIUV2019-456, Nursing Department, Universitat de Valencia, 46010 Valencia, Spain
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- Nursing Department, Facultat d’Infermeria i Podologia, Universitat de Valencia, 46010 Valencia, Spain
- Nursing Care and Education Research Group (GRIECE), GIUV2019-456, Nursing Department, Universitat de Valencia, 46010 Valencia, Spain
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- Nursing Department, Facultat d’Infermeria i Podologia, Universitat de Valencia, 46010 Valencia, Spain
- Nursing School “La Fe”, Generalitat Valenciana, 46026 Valencia, Spain
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- Community Health and Care Research Group, Faculty of Health Sciences, Valencian International University, Pintor Sorolla St., 21, 46002 Valencia, Spain
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- Nursing Department, Facultat d’Infermeria i Podologia, Universitat de Valencia, 46010 Valencia, Spain
- Nursing Care and Education Research Group (GRIECE), GIUV2019-456, Nursing Department, Universitat de Valencia, 46010 Valencia, Spain
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- Nursing Care and Education Research Group (GRIECE), GIUV2019-456, Nursing Department, Universitat de Valencia, 46010 Valencia, Spain
- Care Research Group (INCLIVA), Hospital Clínico Universitario de Valencia, 46010 Valencia, Spain
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Johansen H, Grøndahl VA, Helgesen AK. Ressurssykepleieren i palliasjon og kreftomsorg. TIDSSKRIFT FOR OMSORGSFORSKNING 2022. [DOI: 10.18261/tfo.8.3.9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Villalba-Nicolau M, Chover-Sierra E, Saus-Ortega C, Ballestar-Tarín ML, Chover-Sierra P, Martínez-Sabater A. Usefulness of Midline Catheters versus Peripheral Venous Catheters in an Inpatient Unit: A Pilot Randomized Clinical Trial. NURSING REPORTS 2022; 12:814-823. [PMID: 36412798 PMCID: PMC9680301 DOI: 10.3390/nursrep12040079] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2022] [Revised: 10/26/2022] [Accepted: 10/27/2022] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Canalization of vascular accesses is one of the most used techniques in hospitalization units. When talking about peripherally inserted catheters, we can differentiate between peripheral intravenous catheters (PIVC), midline catheters, and long peripheral catheters (LPC). Midline catheters are rarely used despite being recommended for intravenous therapies lasting more than six days. This research is a pilot study of a longitudinal clinical trial. It aims to compare the complications associated with intravenous therapy between the control group (CG) with a PIVC and the experimental group (EG) with a midline in an Internal Medicine Unit of a Spanish hospital for three months. In this study, 44 subjects participated, 25 in the CG and 19 in the EG. The duration of cannulation was longer in the experimental group (8.13 days vs. 3.22, p < 0.001), and the appearance of phlebitis was more significant in the control group (19 patients in CG and 25 patients in EG). Midlines have presented a longer duration of cannulation and fewer complications than the PIVC. This protocol was registered with ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT05512117).
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- Marcela Villalba-Nicolau
- Consultorio de Motilleja, Centro de Salud de Madrigueras, Gerencia de Arencion integrada de Albacete, 02230 Albacete, Spain
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- Nursing Department, Facultat d'Infermeria i Podologia, Universitat de València, 46010 Valencia, Spain
- Internal Medicine, Consorcio Hospital General Universitario de Valencia, 46014 Valencia, Spain
- Nursing Care and Education Research Group (GRIECE), GIUV2019-456, Nursing Department, Universitat de Valencia, 46010 Valencia, Spain
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- Nursing Care and Education Research Group (GRIECE), GIUV2019-456, Nursing Department, Universitat de Valencia, 46010 Valencia, Spain
- Nursing School La Fe, Adscript Center of Universidad de Valencia, 46026 Valencia, Spain
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- Nursing Department, Facultat d'Infermeria i Podologia, Universitat de València, 46010 Valencia, Spain
- Nursing Care and Education Research Group (GRIECE), GIUV2019-456, Nursing Department, Universitat de Valencia, 46010 Valencia, Spain
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- Nursing Department, Facultat d'Infermeria i Podologia, Universitat de València, 46010 Valencia, Spain
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- Nursing Department, Facultat d'Infermeria i Podologia, Universitat de València, 46010 Valencia, Spain
- Nursing Care and Education Research Group (GRIECE), GIUV2019-456, Nursing Department, Universitat de Valencia, 46010 Valencia, Spain
- Grupo Investigación en Cuidados (INCLIVA), Hospital Clínico Universitario de Valencia, 46010 Valencia, Spain
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Shattnawi KK, Younis BJ, Omran SM. Neonatal Nurses' Perceptions and Needs of End-of-Life Care Practice: A Jordanian Qualitative Study. J Hosp Palliat Nurs 2022; 24:00129191-990000000-00036. [PMID: 36166218 DOI: 10.1097/njh.0000000000000903] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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End-of-life (EOL) care for newborns is challenging and requires well-prepared nurses to provide the best care for the dying baby and to prepare and support parents during such a difficult experience. This study aimed to explore Jordanian neonatal intensive care unit nurses' perceptions and needs regarding the provision of EOL care. This study used an exploratory descriptive qualitative approach and was conducted among a sample of 12 Jordanian neonatal intensive care unit nurses. Semistructured interviews were conducted to allow the nurses to describe their personal experiences and express their needs related to the provision of EOL care. Two main themes and 6 subthemes emerged from the analysis process. Main themes were (1) the challenges related to the provision of EOL care, and (2) nurses' needs: what matters most. The findings of this study shed light on neonatal care unit nurses' experiences and needs related to the provision of EOL care. The results of this study may be used to develop EOL care guidelines, programs, and protocols to be applied in intensive care units.
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Johansen H, Grøndahl VA, Helgesen AK. Palliative care in home health care services and hospitals - the role of the resource nurse, a qualitative study. Palliat Care 2022; 21:64. [PMID: 35501848 PMCID: PMC9063046 DOI: 10.1186/s12904-022-00956-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/30/2021] [Accepted: 04/21/2022] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The role of the resource nurse aims at bridging the gap between the specialist nurses and the nurses who work in non-specialist wards. The role is established internationally and used in a wide area of clinical settings. The resource nurse is promoting evidence-based practice. Patients with life limiting conditions including cancer and other chronic diseases will likely need palliative care during the trajectory of illness. Due to the complexity of palliative care, both interprofessional help and cooperation between levels of healthcare are considered necessary. AIM The aim of this study was to explore the perceptions and experiences related to the role of the resource nurse in palliative care in the setting of home health care services and hospitals in Norway, from the perspectives of the resource nurses and the ward nurses. DESIGN The study has an explorative design with a qualitative approach. METHODS Eight individual interviews were conducted. Audiotaped interview material was transcribed verbatim and the data were analysed using systematic text condensation. The encoded data material provided the basis for writing analytical texts that in turn resulted in meaningful descriptions of the different categories. RESULTS Four resource nurses and four ward nurses participated in individual interviews. Analysis of the data yielded three categories: 1. Expectations of better competence in the ward. 2. Expectations of better cooperation between professions and different levels of healthcare services. 3. Improvements and hindrances. CONCLUSION The resource nurse role is underutilized due to heavy workload and inefficient organization of care. Improvements such as sufficient time resources, support from the ward nurse and cooperation with staff nurses, the resource nurses' role could contribute to increased competence and cooperation interprofessionally and between levels of healthcare.
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- Håkon Johansen
- Faculty of Health, Welfare and Organisation, Østfold University College, Halden, 1757, Norway.
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- Faculty of Health, Welfare and Organisation, Østfold University College, Halden, 1757, Norway
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