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[Outreach program of palliative care team]
Chizuru Imura1, Koji Fujimoto, Yoshiko Nozue
1Hamamatsu Cancer Support Center, Seirei Mikatahara General Hospital.
Gan to Kagaku Ryoho. Cancer & Chemotherapy
|May 25, 2010
Summary
Palliative care outreach programs enhance community home care. This collaboration improved symptom management and coordination for cancer patients, proving highly useful for healthcare professionals.
Area of Science:
- Palliative Care
- Community Health
- Healthcare Collaboration
Context:
- A palliative care team collaborated with a community home care clinic for one year.
- Monthly joint activities included community conferences and clinical reviews.
- The program aimed to assess the usefulness of palliative care outreach.
Purpose:
- To evaluate participant-perceived usefulness of a palliative care outreach program.
- To identify the types of patient problems addressed by the outreach.
- To assess the program's impact on healthcare professionals and patient outcomes.
Summary:
- The palliative care team reviewed 44 patients, addressing 141 problems across physical, psychological, family, and end-of-life care domains.
- Physical symptoms, notably pain, constituted the majority of issues identified (63%).
- 71% of participants found the outreach 'very useful,' with others finding it 'useful.'
Impact:
- The outreach program demonstrated high utility in advising symptom control and fostering collaborative relationships.
- Its effectiveness in guiding psychological care, communication, and end-of-life care coordination showed gradual improvement.
- The program is concluded to be beneficial for community home clinic professionals and could improve home-based cancer patient outcomes.
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