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Communication of poor prognosis between secondary and primary care: protocol for a systematic review with narrative synthesis

Pocock, Lucy V; Purdy, Sarah; Barclay, Stephen; Murtagh, Fliss E.M.; Selman, Lucy E

Authors

Lucy V Pocock

Sarah Purdy

Stephen Barclay

Lucy E Selman



Abstract

Introduction People dying in Britain spend, on average, 3 weeks of their last year of life in hospital. Hospital discharge presents an opportunity for secondary care clinicians to communicate to general practitioners (GPs) which patients may have a poor prognosis. This would allow GPs to prioritise these patients for Advance Care Planning.

The objective of this study is to produce a critical overview of research on the communication of poor prognosis between secondary and primary care through a systematic review and narrative synthesis.

Methods and analysis We will search Medline, EMBASE, CINAHL and the Social Sciences Citation Index for all study types, published since 1 January 2000, and conduct reference-mining of systematic reviews and publications. Study quality will be assessed using the Mixed-Methods Appraisal Tool; a narrative synthesis will be undertaken to integrate and summarise findings.

Citation

Pocock, L. V., Purdy, S., Barclay, S., Murtagh, F. E., & Selman, L. E. (2021). Communication of poor prognosis between secondary and primary care: protocol for a systematic review with narrative synthesis. BMJ open, 11(12), Article e055731. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-055731

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Nov 11, 2021
Online Publication Date Dec 23, 2021
Publication Date 2021-12
Deposit Date Jan 12, 2022
Publicly Available Date Jan 12, 2022
Journal BMJ Open
Print ISSN 2044-6055
Electronic ISSN 2044-6055
Publisher BMJ Publishing Group
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 11
Issue 12
Article Number e055731
DOI https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2021-055731
Keywords General Medicine
Public URL https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/3910280

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