Patient & Caregiver Experiences: Qualitative Study Comparison Before and After Implementation of Early Palliative Care for Advanced Colorectal Cancer.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The Palliative Care Early and Systematic (PaCES) program implemented an early palliative care pathway for advanced colorectal cancer patients in January 2019, to increase specialist palliative care consultation and palliative homecare referrals more than three months before death. This study aimed to understand the experience of patients with advanced colorectal cancer and family caregivers who received early palliative care supports from a specialist palliative care nurse and compared those experiences with participants who experienced standard oncology care prior to implementation of early palliative care.

Methods

This was a qualitative and patient-oriented study. We conducted semi-structured telephone interviews with two cohorts of patients with advanced colore

SUBMITTER: Ahmed S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9936441 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature