0 avis
InterRAI assessments : opportunities to recognise need for and implementation of palliative care interventions in the last year of life?
Article indépendant
OBJECTIVES: To explore how interRAI assessments could be used to identify opportunities to integrate palliative care into a plan of care.
METHODS: A population-based, cross-sectional design using unique identifiers to link deaths with a national interRAI database. Data were analysed using logistic regression models and chi-square tests.
RESULTS: A total of 4869 people died over a 12-month period in one district health board area; 50.9% (n = 2478) received one or more interRAI assessments in the year before death. Diagnosis impacted on the type and timing of interRAI assessments and the recognition of end-stage disease.
CONCLUSION: People in the last year of life experience frequent interRAI assessments. There are opportunities to identify people who might benefit from a palliative care approach. Future research is needed to understand how interRAI assessors can be supported in the application of assessment items related to palliative care.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/ajag.12840
Voir la revue «Australasian journal on ageing, 40»
Autres numéros de la revue «Australasian journal on ageing»
Consulter en ligne
Suggestions
Du même auteur
De la même série