Barriers and facilitators to explore palliative care implementation in the ICU from tripartite perspectives: a qualitative systematic review and meta-aggregation.

ABSTRACT: To synthesise qualitative studies on the experiences and perceptions of palliative care in the intensive care unit (ICU) among healthcare providers, patients and families. Meta-aggregation. Published and unpublished literature from January 2025 was retrieved from MEDLINE (via PubMed), EMBASE, Cochrane Library, Web of Science, Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature (CINAHL), Scopus, PsycINFO, Google Scholar and four Chinese databases (CNKI, WANGFANG DATA, Vip and Sinomed). The qualitative research population includes ICU healthcare providers, patients or their families. The Phenomenon of Interest (I) was to uncover the barriers and facilitators that influenced the implementation of palliative care in the ICU by collecting the perceptions of ICU healthcare providers, patien

SUBMITTER: Shen Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12382560 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature