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  • Pulmonary Medicine
  • Palliative Care Research
  • Health Disparities

Background:

  • Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) disproportionately affects women, leading to higher mortality and symptom burden, including dyspnea, anxiety, and depression.
  • Palliative care (PC) is crucial for managing serious illnesses like COPD, yet its application and effectiveness in women remain understudied.
  • Existing research has not adequately explored gender and sex disparities in PC interventions for advanced COPD.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To identify existing palliative care (PC) interventions for advanced chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).
  • To investigate gender and sex disparities in the context of PC for advanced COPD.
  • To highlight the gap in research regarding PC for women with advanced COPD.

Main Methods:

  • An integrative review guided by Whittemore and Knafl's methodology and PRISMA standards.
  • Searches conducted in PubMed, SCOPUS, ProQuest, and CINAHL complete (2009-2021), yielding 15 articles after screening 1005 initial results.
  • Quality appraisal using the Mixed Methods Appraisal Tool 2018, with data synthesized using the Theory of Unpleasant Symptoms.

Main Results:

  • All 15 reviewed studies focused on PC interventions for advanced COPD, primarily addressing dyspnea and quality of life.
  • No studies specifically examined palliative care interventions for women with advanced COPD.
  • The review identified a significant gap in understanding PC's role and effectiveness for women facing advanced COPD.

Conclusions:

  • Current palliative care research for advanced COPD does not specifically address the needs of women.
  • It is unknown if current PC interventions are more beneficial for men or women with advanced COPD.
  • Future research must focus on the unmet PC needs of women with advanced COPD to address health disparities.