Evaluation of A Novel Information-Sharing Instrument for Home-Based Palliative Care: A Feasibility Study

AIM: To examine the feasibility and usefulness of a novel region-based pathway: the Regional Referral Clinical Pathway for Home-Based Palliative Care. METHOD: This was a feasibility study to evaluate the frequency of variances and the perceived usefulness of pathway using in-depth interviews. All pa...

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Autores principales: Tanabe, Kouichi, Sawada, Koichiro, Shimada, Masanari, Kadoya, Shinichi, Endo, Naoki, Ishiguro, Kaname, Takashima, Rumi, Amemiya, Yoko, Fujikawa, Yasunaga, Ikezaki, Tomoaki, Takeuchi, Miyako, Kitazawa, Hidenori, Iida, Hiroyuki, Koseki, Shiro, Morita, Tatsuya, Sasaki, Koji, Kashii, Tatsuhiko, Murakami, Nozomu
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: SAGE Publications 2015
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4529405/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24814723
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1049909114533141
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Sumario:AIM: To examine the feasibility and usefulness of a novel region-based pathway: the Regional Referral Clinical Pathway for Home-Based Palliative Care. METHOD: This was a feasibility study to evaluate the frequency of variances and the perceived usefulness of pathway using in-depth interviews. All patients with cancer referred to the palliative care team between 2011 and 2013 and received home care services were enrolled. RESULT: A total of 44 patients were analyzed, and pathway was completed in all the patients. The target outcome was achieved in 61.4% while some variances occurred in 54.5%. Nine categories were identified as the usefulness of the pathway, such as reviewing and sharing information and promoting communication, education, motivation, and relationships. CONCLUSION: This novel pathway is feasible and seems to be useful.

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