期刊
JOURNAL OF PAIN AND SYMPTOM MANAGEMENT
卷 45, 期 3, 页码 488-505出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2012.02.024
关键词
Palliative care; case conference; specialized palliative care; evidence-based service delivery model; adult; pain; patient and caregiver education; physician education; hospice
资金
- Rural Health and Palliative Care Branch of the Australian Department of Health and Ageing (Canberra, Australia)
- Ian Potter Foundation
- Cancer Council South Australia
- Doris Duke Charitable Foundation (New York, NY)
- Australian Department of Health and Ageing (Canberra, Australia)
- Repatriation General Hospital (Daw Park, Australia)
- ACH (Aged Care & Housing) Group, Inc. (Adelaide, Australia)
- Southern Division of General Practice (Bedford Park, Australia)
Context. Evidence-based approaches are needed to improve the delivery of specialized palliative care. Objectives. The aim of this trial was to improve on current models of service provision. Methods. This 2 x 2 x 2 factorial cluster randomized controlled trial was conducted at an Australian community-based palliative care service, allowing three simultaneous comparative effectiveness studies. Participating patients were newly referred adults, experiencing pain, and who were expected to live >48 hours. Patients enrolled with their general practitioners (GPs) and were randomized three times: 1) individualized interdisciplinary case conference including their GP vs. control, 2) educational outreach visiting for GPs about pain management vs. control, and 3) structured educational visiting for patients/caregivers about pain management vs. control. The control condition was current palliative care. Outcomes included Australia-modified Karnofsky Performance Status (AKPS) and pain from 60 days after randomization and hospitalizations. Results. There were 461 participants: mean age 71 years, 50% male, 91% with cancer, median survival 179 days, and median baseline AKPS 60. Only 47% of individuals randomized to the case conferencing intervention received it; based on a priori-defined analyses, 32% of participants were included in final analyses. Case conferencing reduced hospitalizations by 26% (least squares means hospitalizations per patient: case conference 1.26 [SE 0.10] vs. control 1.70 [SE 0.13], P = 0.0069) and better maintained performance status (AKPS case conferences 57.3 [SE 1.5] vs. control 51.7 [SE 2.3], P = 0.0368). Among patients with declining function (AKPS <70), case conferencing and patient/caregiver education better maintained performance status (AKPS case conferences 55.0 [SE 2.1] vs. control 46.5 [SE 2.9], P = 0.0143; patient/caregiver education 54.7 [SE 2.8] vs. control 46.8 [SE 2.1], P = 0.0206). Pain was unchanged. GP education did not change outcomes. Conclusion. A single case conference added to current specialized community-based palliative care reduced hospitalizations and better maintained performance status. Comparatively, patient/caregiver education was less effective; GP education was not effective. J Pain Symptom Manage 2013;45:488e505. (C) 2013 U.S. Cancer Pain Relief Committee. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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