'Necessity is the mother of invention': Specialist palliative care service innovation and practice change in response to COVID-19. Results from a multinational survey (CovPall).

ABSTRACT:

Background

Specialist palliative care services have a key role in a whole system response to COVID-19, a disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus. There is a need to understand service response to share good practice and prepare for future care.

Aim

To map and understand specialist palliative care services innovations and practice changes in response to COVID-19.

Design

Online survey of specialist palliative care providers (CovPall), disseminated via key stakeholders. Data collected on service characteristics, innovations and changes in response to COVID-19. Statistical analysis included frequencies, proportions and means, and free-text comments were analysed using a qualitative framework approach.

Setting/participants

Inpatient palliative care units, home nursin

SUBMITTER: Dunleavy L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8114457 | biostudies-literature | 2021 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature