Apr 10, 2018
This episode features Professor Miriam Johnson (Director,
Wolfson Palliative Care Research Centre, Hull York Medical School).
The aim of this study was to: establish cardiology led palliative
care versus usual care was feasible, to assess quality of data
capture, to facilitate future sample size calculation and to assess
survival. Study design was a
feasibility, non-randomised trial, which recruited unmatched
symptomatic heart failure patients who were receiving maximal
therapy for their disease.
The study recruited 77 participants (43 in palliative cardiology
and 34 usual care). The study concluded that a future
trial is feasible. No difference in survival was noted between
the intervention and control groups. This study concludes
that cardiology led palliative care may improve care delivery,
but further research is required to test this
hypothesis further.
Full paper available from:https://doi.org/10.1177/0269216318763225