Integrated respiratory and palliative care leads to high levels of satisfaction: a survey of patients and carers.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The Advanced Lung Disease Service is a unique, new model of integrated respiratory and palliative care, which aims to address the unmet needs of patients with advanced, non-malignant, respiratory diseases. This study aimed to explore patients' and carers' experiences of integrated palliative care and identify valued aspects of care.

Methods

All current patients of the integrated service and their carers were invited to complete a confidential questionnaire by post or with an independent researcher.

Results

Eighty-eight responses were received from 64 (80.0%) eligible patients and from 24 (60%) eligible carers. Most participants (84, 95.5%) believed the integrated service helped them to manage breathlessness and nearly all participants (87, 98.9%) reported i

SUBMITTER: Smallwood N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6339689 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature