Evidence map›Paper›PMID 36071621›Full record

ArticlePalliative medicine2022

Virtual home-based palliative care during COVID-19: A qualitative exploration of the patient, caregiver, and healthcare provider experience.

Daniel Vincent, Cayden Peixoto, Kieran L Quinn, Kwadwo Kyeremanteng, Genevieve Lalumiere, Allison M Kurahashi, Nathalie Gilbert, Sarina R Isenberg

Open access · hybridAbstract read
PubMed Full text at PMC Publisher
In one paragraph

Article in Palliative medicine, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 18 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
18citing papers in PubMed, 3 pooled it
5.8field-weighted citation impact, top 3% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

18 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 32 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Pooled it
  3. Pooled it
  4. Review
  5. Observational
  6. Article
  7. Article
  8. Article
  9. Article
  10. Article
  11. Article
  12. Article
  13. Article
  14. Article
  15. Article
  16. Article
  17. Article
  18. Review
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 6 institutions in 1 country.

Daniel VincentDivision of Palliative Care, Department of Medicine, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada.ORCID 0000-0003-1582-3942
Cayden PeixotoInstitut du Savoir Montfort, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
Kieran L QuinnDepartment of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-1681-5170
Kwadwo KyeremantengDivision of Critical Care, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
Genevieve LalumiereRegional Palliative Consultation Team, Elizabeth Bruyère Hospital, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
Allison M KurahashiTemmy Latner Centre for Palliative Care, Sinai Health System, Toronto, ON, Canada.
Nathalie GilbertHome and Community Care Support Services Champlain, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
Sarina R IsenbergBruyère Research Institute, Ottawa, ON, Canada.
University of Ottawa · CAÉlisabeth Bruyère Hospital · CAHome and Community Care Support Services · CAInstitut du Savoir Montfort · CASinai Health System · CAUniversity of Toronto · CA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundDue to the COVID-19 pandemic, many community palliative healthcare providers shifted from providing care in a patient's home to providing almost exclusively virtual palliative care, or a combination of in-person and virtual care. Research on virtual palliative care is thus needed to provide evidence-based recommendations aiming to enhance the delivery of palliative care during and beyond the pandemic.

aimTo explore the experiences and perceptions of community palliative care providers, patients and caregivers who delivered or received virtual palliative care as a component of home-based palliative care during the COVID-19 pandemic.

designQualitative study using phone and video-based semi-structured interviews. Data were analyzed using thematic analysis. SETTING/

participantsA total of 37 participants, including community palliative care patients/caregivers (

resultsOverall, participants preferred in-person palliative care compared to virtual care, but suggested virtual care could be a useful supplement to in-person care. The findings are presented in three main themes: (1) Impact of COVID-19 pandemic on community palliative care services; (2) Factors influencing transition from exclusively virtual model of care back to a blended model of care; and (3) Recommended uses and implementation of virtual palliative care.

conclusionsIncorporating virtual palliative care into healthcare provider practice models (blended care models) may be the ideal model of care and standard practice moving forward beyond the COVID-19 pandemic, which has important implications toward organization and delivery of community palliative care services and funding of healthcare providers.

Indexed as

COVID-19Palliative CareCaregiversHealth PersonnelHumansOntarioPandemicsQualitative ResearchCOVID-19palliative carequalitative researchTelemedicinevirtual palliative care

Identifiers

PMID36071621
PMCPMC9596681
OpenAlexW4294992564

What Socratic holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the Socratic graph.