Joanna Goodrich
Understanding patient and family utilisation of community-based palliative care services out-of-hours: Additional analysis of systematic review evidence using narrative synthesis
Goodrich, Joanna; Watson, Caleb; Gaczkowska, Inez; Harding, Richard; Evans, Catherine; Firth, Alice; Murtagh, Fliss E.M.
Authors
Caleb Watson
Inez Gaczkowska
Richard Harding
Catherine Evans
Alice Firth
Professor Fliss Murtagh F.Murtagh@hull.ac.uk
Professor of Palliative Care
Abstract
Background Community-based out-of-hours services are an integral component of end-of-life care. However, there is little understanding of how patients and families utilise these services. This additional analysis of a systematic review aims to understand and identify patterns of out-ofhours service use and produce recommendations for future service design. Method Data on service use was extracted and secondary analysis undertaken, from a systematic review of models of community out-of-hours services. Narrative synthesis was completed, addressing four specific aspects of service use: 1.Times when patients/families/healthcare professionals need to contact out-of-hours services; 2. Who contacts out-of-hours services; 3. Whether a telephone call, centre visit or home visit is provided; 4. Who responds to outof-hours calls. Results Community-based out-of-hours palliative care services were most often accessed between 5pm and midnight, especially on weekdays (with reports of 69% of all calls being made outof-hours). Family members and carers were the most frequent callers to of the services (making between 60% and 80% of all calls). The type of contact (telephone, centre visit or home visit) varied based on what was offered and on patient need. Over half of services were led by a single discipline (nurse). Conclusions Out-of-hours services are highly used up to midnight, and particularly by patients' family and carers. Recommendations to commissioners and service providers are to: • Increase provision of out-of-hours services between 5pm and midnight to reflect the increased use at these times. • Ensure that family and carers are provided with clear contact details for out-of-hours support. • Ensure patient records can be easily accessed by health professionals responding to calls, making the triage process easier. • Listen to patients, family and carers in the design of out-of-hours services, including telephone services. • Collect data systematically on out-of-hours-service use and on outcomes for patients who use the service. Copyright:
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Goodrich, J., Watson, C., Gaczkowska, I., Harding, R., Evans, C., Firth, A., & Murtagh, F. E. (2024). Understanding patient and family utilisation of community-based palliative care services out-of-hours: Additional analysis of systematic review evidence using narrative synthesis. PLoS ONE, 19(2 FEBRUARY), Article e0296405. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0296405
Journal Article Type | Article |
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Acceptance Date | Dec 12, 2023 |
Online Publication Date | Feb 21, 2024 |
Publication Date | Feb 1, 2024 |
Deposit Date | Feb 27, 2024 |
Publicly Available Date | Feb 28, 2024 |
Journal | PLoS ONE |
Print ISSN | 1932-6203 |
Electronic ISSN | 1932-6203 |
Publisher | Public Library of Science |
Peer Reviewed | Peer Reviewed |
Volume | 19 |
Issue | 2 FEBRUARY |
Article Number | e0296405 |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0296405 |
Public URL | https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/4565561 |
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