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Inpatient palliative medicine is evidence based.

P Good1, B Stafford

  • 1Mater Misericordiae Hospital, Brisbane. phillipgood@uq.net.au

Palliative Medicine
|October 31, 2002
PubMed
Summary

This study found that most interventions in an inpatient palliative care unit are evidence-based. This indicates that palliative care practices align with scientific research, benefiting patient outcomes.

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Area of Science:

  • Palliative Care Medicine
  • Evidence-Based Practice

Background:

  • Specialist palliative care services' benefits are documented.
  • Limited data exists on the evidence base of interventions within individual palliative care units.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To assess whether interventions in an inpatient palliative care unit are evidence-based.
  • To quantify the proportion of evidence-based interventions in palliative care.

Main Methods:

  • A 1-month study in January 2000 examined 32 problems and 114 interventions in an inpatient palliative care unit.
  • Interventions were researched for supporting clinical trials demonstrating benefit.
  • Results were classified based on the strength of evidence.

Main Results:

  • 81% of interventions were found to be evidence-based.
  • Evidence sources included randomized controlled trials (48%), other trials (27%), and convincing non-experimental evidence (6%).
  • This proportion favorably compares to studies in other medical fields.

Conclusions:

  • Interventions within this inpatient palliative care unit are largely evidence-based.
  • The findings suggest a strong foundation in scientific research for palliative care practices.
  • This supports the integration of evidence-based approaches in specialist palliative care services.

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