Palliative care for persons with Parkinson's disease: a qualitative study on the experiences of health care professionals.
Barriers
Facilitators
Focus groups
Palliative care
Parkinson’s disease
Qualitative approaches
Journal
BMC palliative care
ISSN: 1472-684X
Titre abrégé: BMC Palliat Care
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101088685
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
09 Jul 2019
09 Jul 2019
Historique:
received:
08
11
2018
accepted:
01
07
2019
entrez:
11
7
2019
pubmed:
11
7
2019
medline:
30
1
2020
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Parkinson's disease (PD) is a chronic and neurodegenerative disease associated with a wide variety of symptoms. The risk of complications increases with progression of the disease. These complications have a tremendous impact on the quality of life of people with PD. The aim of this study was to examine health care professionals' experiences of potential barriers and facilitators in providing palliative care for people with PD in the Netherlands. This was a qualitative descriptive study. The data were collected from 10 individual in-depth interviews and three focus groups (n = 29) with health care professionals. Health care professionals were selected based on a positive answer to the question: "In the past 2 years, did you treat or support a person with PD who subsequently died?" The data were analyzed by thematic text analysis. Health care professionals supported the development of a palliative care system for PD but needed to better understand the essence of palliative care. In daily practice, they struggled to identify persons' needs due to interfering PD-specific symptoms such as cognitive decline and communication deficits. Timely addressing the personal preferences for providing palliative care was identified as an important facilitator. Health care professionals acknowledged being aware of their lack of knowledge and of their little competence in managing complex PD. Findings indicate a perceived lack of care continuity, fragmentation of services, time pressure and information discontinuity. Health care professionals experienced several facilitators and barriers to the provision of palliative care to people with PD. There is a need to improve the knowledge on complex PD and the continuity of information, as well as optimize coordination and deliver care based on a persons' preferences. Additional training can help to become more knowledgeable and confident.
Sections du résumé
BACKGROUND
BACKGROUND
Parkinson's disease (PD) is a chronic and neurodegenerative disease associated with a wide variety of symptoms. The risk of complications increases with progression of the disease. These complications have a tremendous impact on the quality of life of people with PD. The aim of this study was to examine health care professionals' experiences of potential barriers and facilitators in providing palliative care for people with PD in the Netherlands.
METHODS
METHODS
This was a qualitative descriptive study. The data were collected from 10 individual in-depth interviews and three focus groups (n = 29) with health care professionals. Health care professionals were selected based on a positive answer to the question: "In the past 2 years, did you treat or support a person with PD who subsequently died?" The data were analyzed by thematic text analysis.
RESULTS
RESULTS
Health care professionals supported the development of a palliative care system for PD but needed to better understand the essence of palliative care. In daily practice, they struggled to identify persons' needs due to interfering PD-specific symptoms such as cognitive decline and communication deficits. Timely addressing the personal preferences for providing palliative care was identified as an important facilitator. Health care professionals acknowledged being aware of their lack of knowledge and of their little competence in managing complex PD. Findings indicate a perceived lack of care continuity, fragmentation of services, time pressure and information discontinuity.
CONCLUSIONS
CONCLUSIONS
Health care professionals experienced several facilitators and barriers to the provision of palliative care to people with PD. There is a need to improve the knowledge on complex PD and the continuity of information, as well as optimize coordination and deliver care based on a persons' preferences. Additional training can help to become more knowledgeable and confident.
Identifiants
pubmed: 31288821
doi: 10.1186/s12904-019-0441-6
pii: 10.1186/s12904-019-0441-6
pmc: PMC6617627
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
53Subventions
Organisme : ZonMw
ID : 80-84400-98-086
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