Implementation of the ID-PALL Assessment Tool for Palliative Care Needs: A Feasibility and Prevalence Study in a Tertiary Hospital.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Identifying patients who require palliative care is a major public health concern. ID-PALL is the first screening instrument developed and validated to differentiate between patients in need of general versus specialized palliative care.

Objectives

This study aimed to (1) evaluate user satisfaction and the facilitators and barriers for ID-PALL use and (2) assess the prevalence of patients who require palliative care.

Design

A mixed methods study with an explanatory sequential design.

Setting/subjects

Over a six-month period, patients admitted to two internal medicine wards of a Swiss tertiary hospital were screened by nurses and physicians with ID-PALL, two to three days after hospitalization. Nurses and physicians completed a questionnaire and parti

SUBMITTER: Teike Luthi F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11319861 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature