Palliative care in advanced Huntington's disease: a scoping review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

As Huntington's disease (HD) is a progressive disease for which there is no cure yet, patients in the advanced stage of HD may benefit from palliative care.

Objective

To review the literature focusing on palliative care in advanced stage HD, and the level of evidence.

Methods

Publications between 1993 and October 29th, 2021 from 8 databases (Embase, Web of Science, Cochrane, Emcare, PsycINFO, Academic Search Premier, PMC PubMed Central and Pubmed) were included. The literature was deductively classified based on topics that are part of the definition of palliative care, or as care-related topics that emerged from the literature. Levels of evidence I (high) - V (low) were determined as defined by the Joanna Briggs Institute.

Results

Our search resulte

SUBMITTER: Boersema-Wijma DJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10155365 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature