Effect of a Collaborative Palliative Care Intervention vs Usual Care on Quality of Life of Patients with Symptomatic Heart and Lung Diseases: A Randomized Clinical Trial (CO202A)

• Published in: Journal of pain and symptom management Vol. 63; no. 6; p. 1063
• Main Authors: Bekelman, David, Baron, Anna, Paden, Grady, McBryde, Connor, Welsh, Carolyn, Parsons, Elizabeth, Cheng, Andrew, Turvey, Carolyn, Au, David
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Madison Elsevier Inc 01.06.2022; Elsevier Limited
• Subjects: Anesthesia; Cardiologists; Cardiovascular diseases; Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; Clinical outcomes; Clinical research; Clinical trials; Collaboration; Early intervention; Health care; Health services; Heart failure; High risk; Hospitalization; Intervention; Lung diseases; Outpatients; Pain Medicine; Palliative care; Patients; Primary care; Psychosocial factors; Quality of life; Social workers; Teams

1. Propose a primary palliative care approach to improve quality of life in chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and chronic heart failure 2. Compare quality of life outcomes from a randomized clinical trial of a primary palliative care intervention Patients with heart failure (HF), chronic obstruc...