Added Value of Early Consultation of an Inpatient Palliative Care Team in Hospitalized Older Patients With High Symptom Burden: A Prospective Comparative Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

It is estimated that in 2050 one quarter of the population in Europe will be aged 65 years and older. Although the added value of a palliative care team is emphasized in the literature, the impact of the palliative care team on the symptom burden in older non-cancer patients is not yet well established.

Objectives

To structurally measure symptoms and to investigate whether proactive consultation with a palliative care team results in improvement of symptoms.

Design

This study has a prospective comparative design.

Setting/participants

Older patients, admitted to a Dutch University Medical Centre for who a health care professional had a negative response to the Surprise Question, were selected.

Measurements, results

In period one, 59 patients co

SUBMITTER: Naaktgeboren MW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8377279 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature