Impact of informational and relational continuity for people with palliative care needs: a mixed methods rapid review.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To identify and synthesise existing literature exploring the impact of relational and informational continuity of care on preferred place of death, hospital admissions and satisfaction for palliative care patients in qualitative, quantitative and mixed methods literature.

Design

A mixed methods rapid review.

Methods

PUBMED, PsychINFO, CINAHL were searched from June 2008 to June 2018 in order to identify original peer reviewed, primary qualitative, quantitative or mixed methods research exploring the impact of continuity of care for people receiving palliative care. Synthesis methods as outlined by the Cochrane Qualitative and Implementation Methods Group were applied to qualitative studies while meta-analyses for quantitative data were planned.

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SUBMITTER: Hudson BF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6549611 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature