Have a personal or library account? Click to login
Early identification of patients in need of palliative care in slovenian general practice Cover

Early identification of patients in need of palliative care in slovenian general practice

Slovenian Journal of Public Health
Volume 57 (2018): Issue 2 (June 2018)
By: Lisette Klok,  Yvonne Engels,  Carel Veldhoven and  Danica Rotar Pavlič  
Open Access
|Apr 2018

References

  1. Claessen SJ, Francke AL, Engels Y, Deliens L. How do GPs identify a need for palliative care in their patients? An interview study. BMC Fam Pract. 2013;14:42. 10.1186/1471-2296-14-42.23530627
    Open DOISearch in Google ScholarBack to article
  2. Makivić I, Kersnik J, Klemenc-Ketiš Z. The role of the psychosocial dimension in the improvement of quality of care: a systematic review. Zdr Varst. 2015;55:86-95. 10.1515/sjph-2016-0004.27647093
    Open DOISearch in Google ScholarBack to article
  3. Abarshi E, Onwuteaka-Philipsen B, Donker G, Echteld M, Van den Block L, Deliens L. General practitioner awareness of preferred place of death and correlates of dying in a preferred place: a nationwide mortality follow-back study in the Netherlands. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2009;38:568-77. 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2008.12.007.
    Open DOISearch in Google ScholarBack to article
  4. Gomes B, Calanzani N, Curiale V, McCrone P, Higginson IJ. Effectiveness and costeffectiveness of home palliative care services for adults with advanced illness and their caregivers. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2013;6:CD007760. 10.1002/14651858.CD007760.
    Open DOISearch in Google ScholarBack to article
  5. Švab I, Kravos A, Vidmar G. Factors influencing home visits in Slovenian general practice. Fam Pract. 2003;20:58-60.10.1093/fampra/20.1.5812509372
    Open DOISearch in Google ScholarBack to article
  6. European Association for Palliative Care. Promoting palliative care in the community: producing a toolkit to improve and develop primary palliative care in different countries internationally, 10.1177/0269216314522318. Accessed Juny 6th, 2016 at: http://www.eapcnet.eu/LinkClick.aspx?fileticket=PXlXlRoSrXU%3D.
    Open DOISearch in Google ScholarBack to article
  7. Beernaert K, Deliens L, De Vleminck A, Devroey D, Pardon K, Van Den Block L, et al. Early identification of palliative care needs by family physicians: a qualitative study of barriers and facilitators from the perspective of family physicians, community nurses, and patients. Palliat Med. 2014;28:480-90. 10.1191/0269216305pm937oa.24534727
    Open DOISearch in Google ScholarBack to article
  8. Groot MM, Vernooij-Dassen MJFJ, Crul BJP, Grol RP. General practitioners (GPs) and palliative care: perceived tasks and barriers in daily practice. Palliat Med. 2005;19:111-8. 10.1177/0269216314526271.15810749
    Open DOISearch in Google ScholarBack to article
  9. Evans N, Pasman HR, Donker GA, Deliens L, Van den Block L, Onwuteaka- Philipsen B. End-of-life care in general practice: a cross-sectional, retrospective survey of ‘cancer’, ‘organ failure’ and ‘old-age/dementia’ patients. Palliat Med. 2014;28:965-75. 10.1136/bmjspcare-2010-000001.24642671
    Open DOISearch in Google ScholarBack to article
  10. Gardiner C, Ingleton C, Gott M, Ryan T. Exploring the transition from curative care to palliative care: a systematic review of the literature. BMJ Support Palliat Care. 2011;1:56-63. 10.1200/JCO.2008.17.7568.24653051
    Open DOISearch in Google ScholarBack to article
  11. Thoonsen B, Engels Y, van Rijswijk E, Verhagen S, van Weel C, Groot M, et al. Early identification of palliative care patients in general practice: development of RADboud indicators for PAlliative Care Needs (RADPAC). Br J Gen Pract. 2012;62:625-31. 10.1001/jama.2009.1198.
    Open DOISearch in Google ScholarBack to article
  12. Hlebec V, Srakar A, Majcen B. Determinants of unmet needs among Slovenian old population. Zdr Varst. 2016;55(1):78-85. 10.1177/0269216314545006.27647092
    Open DOISearch in Google ScholarBack to article
  13. Follwell M, Burman D, Le LW, Wakimoto K, Seccareccia D, Bryson J, et al. Phase II study of an outpatient palliative care intervention in patients with metastatic cancer. J ClinOncol. 2009;27:206-13. 10.3399/bjgp12X654597.
    Open DOISearch in Google ScholarBack to article
  14. Bakitas M, Lyons KD, Hegel MT, Balan S, Brokaw FC, Seville J, et al. Effects of a palliative care intervention on clinical outcomes in patients with advanced cancer: the Project ENABLE II randomized controlled trial. JAMA. 2009;302:741-9. 10.1089/jpm.2010.0018.
    Open DOISearch in Google ScholarBack to article
  15. Moss AH, Lunney JR, Culp S, Auber M, Kurian S, Rogers J, et al. Prognostic significance of the “surprise” question in cancer patients. J Palliat Med. 2010;13:837-40. 10.3747/pdi.2011.00204.20636154
    Open DOISearch in Google ScholarBack to article
  16. Moroni M, Zocchi D, Bolognesi D, Abernethy A, Rondelli R, Savorani G, et al. The ‘surprise’ question in advanced cancer patients: a prospective study among general practitioners. Palliat Med. 2014;28:959-64. 10.1177/0269216314526273.24662237
    Open DOISearch in Google ScholarBack to article
  17. Elliott M, Nicholson C. A qualitative study exploring use of the surprise question in the care of older people: perceptions of general practitioners and challenges for practice. BMJ Support Palliat Care. 2017;7:32-8. 10.1136/bmjspcare-2014-000679.25168076
    Open DOISearch in Google ScholarBack to article
  18. Downar J, Goldman R, Pinto R, Englesakis M, Adhikari NK. The “surprise question” for predicting death in seriously ill patients: a systematic review and meta-analysis. CMAJ. 2017;189(13):E484-93. 10.1186/1471-2296-12-123.
    Open DOISearch in Google ScholarBack to article
  19. White N, Kupeli N, Vickerstaff V, Stone P. How accurate is the ‘Surprise Question’ at identifying patients at the end of life? A systematic review and meta-analysis. BMC Med. 2017;15(1):139.10.1186/s12916-017-0907-428764757
    Open DOISearch in Google ScholarBack to article
  20. Thoonsen B, Groot M, Engels Y, Prins J, Verhagen S, Galesloot C, et al. Early identification of and proactive palliative care for patients in general practice, incentive and methods of a randomized controlled trial. BMC Fam Pract. 2011;12:123.2205086310.1186/1471-2296-12-123
    Open DOISearch in Google ScholarBack to article
  21. Weijers F. Does adding the Surprise Questions to case vignettes help GPs to increase the thoroughness of palliative care planning? Results of a pilot RCT. Unpublished manuscript, Radboud University, Nijmegen, The Netherlands, 2016.
    Search in Google ScholarBack to article
  22. World Health Organization Definition of Palliative Care. Accessed Juny 10th, 2016 at: http://www.who.int/cancer/palliative/definition/en/.
    Search in Google ScholarBack to article
  23. Pallialine: general principles of palliative care. Accessed July 14th, 2016 at: http://pallialine.nl/algemene-principes-van-palliatievezorg.
    Search in Google ScholarBack to article
  24. Information for patients about end-of-life decisions and treatment limitations. Accessed July 14th, 2016 at: http://www.thuisarts.nl/levenseinde.
    Search in Google ScholarBack to article
  25. Lunder U, Cerv B. Slovenia: status of palliative care and pain relief. J Pain Symptom Manage. 2002;24:233-5. 10.1002/pon.3154.12231154
    Open DOISearch in Google ScholarBack to article
  26. Grassi L, Watson M. Psychosocial care in cancer: an overview of psychosocial programmes and national cancer plans of countries within the International Federation of Psycho-Oncology Societies. Psychooncology. 2012;21:1027-33.2302772310.1002/pon.3154
    Open DOISearch in Google ScholarBack to article
  27. Centeno C, Lynch T, Donea O, Rocafort J, Clark D. EAPC atlas of palliative care in Europe 2013. Milan: EAPC Press, 2013.
    Search in Google ScholarBack to article
  28. Fitzpatrick D, Heah R, Patten S, Ward H. Palliative care in undergraduate medical education - how far have we come? Am J Hosp Palliat Care. 2017;34:762-73. 10.1111/j.1440-172X.2008.01723.x.27468933
    Open DOISearch in Google ScholarBack to article
  29. Chang E, Daly J, Johnson A, Harrison K, Easterbrook S, Bidewell J, et al. Challenges for professional care of advanced dementia. Int J Nurs Pract. 2009;15:41-7. 10.1186/s12875-015-0342-6.19187168
    Open DOISearch in Google ScholarBack to article
  30. Albreht T, Pribaković Brinovec R, Josar D, Poldrugovac M, Kostnapfel T, Zaletel M, et al. Slovenia: health system review. Health Syst Transit. 2016;18:1-207. 10.1136/bmjspcare-2015-001031.27467813
    Open DOISearch in Google ScholarBack to article
  31. Thoonsen B, Vissers K, Verhagen S, Prins J, Bor H, van Weel C, et al. Training general practitioners in early identification and anticipatory palliative care planning: a randomized controlled trial. BMC Fam Pract. 2015;16:126. 10.1186/s12875-015-0342-6.26395257
    Open DOISearch in Google ScholarBack to article
  32. Thoonsen B, Gerritzen SH, Vissers KC, Verhagen S, van Weel C, Groot M, et al. Training general practitioners contributes to the identification of palliative patients and to multidimensional care provision: secondary outcomes of an RCT. BMJ Support Palliat Care. 2016; Epub ahead of print. 10.1136/bmjspcare-2015-001031.
    Open DOISearch in Google ScholarBack to article
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/sjph-2018-0008 | Journal eISSN: 1854-2476 | Journal ISSN: 0351-0026
Journal RSS Feed
Language: English
Page range: 55 - 64
Submitted on: Apr 19, 2017
|
Accepted on: Jan 15, 2018
|
Published on: Apr 12, 2018
Published by: National Institute of Public Health, Slovenia
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 4 issues per year
Keywords:
palliative care,
surprise question,
general practitioners,
Slovenia,
cancer,
organ failure,
frail elderly,
dementia
Related subjects:
Medicine,
Clinical medicine,
Hygiene and environmental medicine

© 2018 Lisette Klok, Yvonne Engels, Carel Veldhoven, Danica Rotar Pavlič, published by National Institute of Public Health, Slovenia
This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Previous articleVolume 57 (2018): Issue 2 (June 2018)Next article