Related Articles When Patients Say They Know About Palliative Care, How Much Do They Really Understand? J Pain Symptom Manage. 2019 09;58(3):460-464 Authors: Zhu Y, Enguídanos S Abstract CONTEXT: Lack of knowledge or misconceptions about palliative care (PC) can serve as barriers to accessing PC for seriously ill patients. Although self-reported rates of PC knowledge have been increasing, little is known about how self-reports relate to actual PC knowledge. OBJECTIVE: To determine the prevalence of PC knowledge and the portion of those reporting they are knowledgeable have actual PC knowledge of basic PC principals. METHODS: We used the Health Information…
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Related Articles Harms From Haloperidol for Symptom Management in Palliative Care-a Post Hoc Pooled Analysis of Three Randomized Controlled Studies and Two Consecutive Cohort Studies. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2019 09;58(3):e6-e8 Authors: Matsuoka H, Agar M, Vandersman Z, Good P, Fazekas B, Brown L, Hardy J, Weil J, Currow DC PMID: 31121249 [PubMed – indexed for MEDLINE]
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Related Articles Usability of PCforMe in Patients With Advanced Cancer Referred to Outpatient Palliative Care: Results of a Randomized, Active-Controlled Pilot Trial. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2019 09;58(3):382-389 Authors: Kamal AH, Wolf S, Nicolla JM, Friedman F, Xuan M, Bennett AV, Samsa G Abstract CONTEXT: Low utilization of palliative care services warrant testing of new solutions to educate and engage patients around the benefits of palliative care. OBJECTIVES: We sought out to develop and test a novel, mobile health solution to prepare patients for an upcoming outpatient palliative care appointment. METHODS: After developing a web-based tool called PCforMe (Palliative Care…
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Related Articles Consensus Building on Health Indicators to Assess PC Global Development With an International Group of Experts. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2019 09;58(3):445-453.e1 Authors: Arias-Casais N, Garralda E, López-Fidalgo J, Rhee JY, Pons JJ, de Lima L, Centeno C Abstract CONTEXT: International consensus on indicators is necessary to standardize the global assessment of palliative care (PC) development. OBJECTIVES: To identify the best indicators to assess current national-level PC development. METHODS: Experts in PC development were invited to rate 45 indicators organized by domains of the World Health Organization Public Health Strategy in a two-round RAND/UCLA-modified Delphi process. In the…
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Upfront Radiotherapy in Patients With Asymptomatic Incurable Rectal Cancer: A Retrospective Cohort Study. Anticancer Res. 2020 Oct;40(10):5853-5860 Authors: Jonsson G, Philipson L, Villman K, Valachis A Abstract BACKGROUND/AIM: The optimal treatment sequencing for asymptomatic de novo metastatic rectal cancer is unclear. The aim of this study was to investigate the role of upfront radiotherapy, with or without chemotherapy on risk for local complications, in patients with asymptomatic advanced metastatic rectal cancer treated with palliative intention. PATIENTS AND METHODS: All patients with de novo metastatic rectal cancer diagnosed between January 2008 and December 2017 in two healthcare regions in Sweden (Örebro…
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