The effect of an educational palliative care intervention on the quality of life of patients with incurable cancer and their caregivers

Çalık, Kıymet Yeşilçiçek; Küçük, Ebru; Halimoğlu, Büşra

doi:10.1007/s00520-021-06672-1

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“…Available evidence shows that PC improves the quality of life of not only the person living with a life-limiting health condition, but also provides closure and psychological support to their families ( Çalık et al, 2022 ; Collins et al, 2016 ; Rodin et al, 2022 ). Yet, there is a high unmet need for PC service worldwide as only 14% in need of this service receive it ( WHO, 2020 ).…”

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Opportunities for Integrating Palliative Care in Ghana

Okyere

Kissah-Korsah

2022

SAGE Open Nursing

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Introduction The integration of palliative care (PC) services is characterized by several barriers and challenges, which may include misperception of PC services as end-of-life care, poor referral systems, inadequate financial support, regulatory barriers, and the small size of PC professional workforce. Beyond these barriers, the question remains: what opportunities exist to facilitate the integration of PC in managing patients’ conditions? Notably, for a resource-constrained country like Ghana, unearthing existing facilitating factors would enable the country to leverage the opportunities these factors present to promote PC integration. Objective The aim of this study is to explore opportunities that exist to facilitate PC integration from the perspective of PC service providers. Methods An exploratory descriptive qualitative research design was used. Using semi-structured interview guides, seven face-to-face interviews were conducted with PC service providers in a tertiary hospital in Ghana. Data were managed using QSR NVivo-12. Inductive thematic analysis was carried out following Haase's modification of Colaizzi's approach to qualitative research analysis Results From the inductive thematic analysis, it was revealed that four main opportunities exist to facilitate PC integration. These included the availability of a PC team and teamwork, knowledge level of service providers, enabling attitudes of service providers, and the incorporation of PC in the medical school curriculum. Conclusion The study concludes that to facilitate the integration of PC in a tertiary health facility, there is a need to leverage on the supportive attitudes of service providers. Also, there is a need to expand the incorporation of PC education in the curriculum of all health and allied health courses. This could help create a pool of primary healthcare providers who can provide generalist PC services promptly. The study also underscores a need for continuous professional development.

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confidence: 99%