Monthly update 4(4): 2018

April 2018

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Staff publications

Celia Di Cicco

Book review: Book review: Advance Care Planning in End of Life Care, Second Edition

European Journal of Palliative Care, 2018. 25 (2): 91.

 

Guidelines and standards

Care and support of people growing older with learning disabilities

NICE guideline [NG96] Published date: April 2018

 

Cochrane systematic reviews

Non‐invasive brain stimulation techniques for chronic pain

Neil E O'Connell, Louise Marston, Sally Spencer, Lorraine H DeSouza, Benedict M Wand

Online Publication Date: March 2018

 

The Cochrane Pain, Palliative and Supportive Care Review Group (PaPaS) pages, including the palliative care evidence database, can be found here: http://papas.cochrane.org/

Other systematic reviews and research studies

Lysergic acid diethylamide and psilocybin for the management of patients with persistent pain: a potential role?

Whelan A, Johnson MI.

Pain Manag. 2018 May 3. doi: 10.2217/pmt-2017-0068. [Epub ahead of print]

PMID:

29722608

 

The effects of spiritual care on quality of life and spiritual well-being among patients with terminal illness: A systematic review.

Chen J, Lin Y, Yan J, Wu Y, Hu R.

Palliat Med. 2018 Apr 1:269216318772267. doi: 10.1177/0269216318772267. [Epub ahead of print]

PMID:

29708010

 

Can early palliative care with anticancer treatment improve overall survival and patient-related outcomes in advanced lung cancer patients? A review of the literature.

Ambroggi M, Biasini C, Toscani I, Orlandi E, Berte R, Mazzari M, Cavanna L.

Support Care Cancer. 2018 Apr 27. doi: 10.1007/s00520-018-4184-3. [Epub ahead of print] Review.

PMID:

29704108

 

Palliative care for homeless people: a systematic review of the concerns, care needs and preferences, and the barriers and facilitators for providing palliative care.

Klop HT, de Veer AJE, van Dongen SI, Francke AL, Rietjens JAC, Onwuteaka-Philipsen BD.

BMC Palliat Care. 2018 Apr 24;17(1):67. doi: 10.1186/s12904-018-0320-6.

PMID:

29690870

Free PMC Article

 

Effect of Palliative Care for Patients with Heart Failure.

Xu Z, Chen L, Jin S, Yang B, Chen X, Wu Z.

Int Heart J. 2018 Apr 20. doi: 10.1536/ihj.17-289. [Epub ahead of print]

PMID:

29681574

Free Article

 

The quality of dying and death measurement instruments: A systematic psychometric review.

Gutiérrez Sánchez D, Pérez Cruzado D, Cuesta-Vargas AI.

J Adv Nurs. 2018 Apr 19. doi: 10.1111/jan.13687. [Epub ahead of print] Review.

PMID:

29672911

What is the cost of palliative care in the UK? A systematic review.

Gardiner C, Ryan T, Gott M.

BMJ Support Palliat Care. 2018 Apr 13. pii: bmjspcare-2018-001519. doi: 10.1136/bmjspcare-2018-001519. [Epub ahead of print] Review.

PMID:

29653925

 

Improving the Safety of Opioid Use for Acute Noncancer Pain in Hospitalized Adults: A Consensus Statement From the Society of Hospital Medicine.

Herzig SJ, Mosher HJ, Calcaterra SL, Jena AB, Nuckols TK.

J Hosp Med. 2018 Apr;13(4):263-271. doi: 10.12788/jhm.2980.

PMID:

29624189

 

Harmful or Helpful? A Systematic Review of How Those Bereaved Through Suicide Experience Research Participation.

Andriessen K, Krysinska K, Draper B, Dudley M, Mitchell PB.

Crisis. 2018 Apr 5:1-13. doi: 10.1027/0227-5910/a000515. [Epub ahead of print]

PMID:

29618271

 

The application of the palliative prognostic index in predicting the life expectancy of patients in palliative care: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Liu Y, Su L, Wang Y, Liu S, Dong B.

Aging Clin Exp Res. 2018 Mar 23. doi: 10.1007/s40520-018-0928-7. [Epub ahead of print] Review.

PMID:

29572610

 

Reports and announcements

Marie Curie Report: Emergency admissions at end of life set to sky rocket (March 2018)

Emergency admissions to hospital for people in the last year of life are a substantial and often avoidable burden on the NHS. In 2016, there were over 1.6 million emergency admissions for people in the last year of their life, amounting to around 11 million days in hospital, costing the NHS £2.5 billion. While emergency admissions for people in the last year of life are sometimes necessary, they can often be avoided entirely if adequate care in the community is provided.

Cicely Saunders Institute videos: C-CHANGE videos on improving palliative care (2018)

The project is aims to improve patient and carer palliative healthcare by better understanding their needs and complexities.

 

Independent Age report: Good grief: older people's experiences of partner bereavement (March 2018)

This report brings together what is already know about older people’s experiences of bereavement along with new research centred on older people whose partners have died.

 

NHS England guidance : My future wishes: Advance Care Planning (ACP) for people with dementia in all care settings (April 2018)

This document aims to assist practitioners, providers and health and social care commissioners create opportunities for people living with dementia to develop an Advance Care Plan (ACP).

 

Hospice UK report: Carers Report - providing comprehensive, person-centred assessment and support for family carers towards the end of life(April 2018)

10 recommendations for achieving organisational change.

NIHR Signal : Multi-morbidity predicted to increase in the UK over the next 20 years (March 2018)

Two-thirds of adults aged over 65 are expected to be living with multiple health conditions (multi-morbidity) by 2035. Seventeen percent would be living with four or more diseases, double the number in 2015. Two-thirds of these people would have a mental illness like dementia or depression.

 

Other evidence/education updates out this month

End of Life Horizon Scanning Bulletin (4^th April 2018):

https://palliativecarenwpctl.wordpress.com/

Frail and older people’s care bulletin (4^th May 2018):

https://mailchi.mp/6b2d22501f15/frail-and-older-peoples-care-bulletin-april-2018?e=702c0a01da

Health Management Bulletin (published and 12^th and 26^th April 2018):

http://cash.libraryservices.nhs.uk/subject-a-z/h/health-services-management/