作者
Lesley Dunleavy, Nancy Preston, Sabrina Bajwah, Andy Bradshaw, Rachel Cripps, Lorna K Fraser, Matthew Maddocks, Mevhibe Hocaoglu, Fliss EM Murtagh, Adejoke O Oluyase, Katherine E Sleeman, Irene J Higginson, Catherine Walshe
发表日期
2021/5
期刊
Palliative Medicine
卷号
35
期号
5
页码范围
814-829
出版商
Sage Publications
简介
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 nursing services, hospital and home palliative care teams from any country.
Results
Four hundred and fifty-eight respondents: 277 UK, 85 Europe (except …
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