2023
Palliative care needs and barriers in an urban Ugandan Emergency Department: A mixed-methods survey of emergency healthcare workers and patients
Reid E, Lukoma M, Ho D, Bagasha P, Leng M, Namukwaya L. Palliative care needs and barriers in an urban Ugandan Emergency Department: A mixed-methods survey of emergency healthcare workers and patients. African Journal Of Emergency Medicine 2023, 13: 339-344. PMID: 38162896, PMCID: PMC10757186, DOI: 10.1016/j.afjem.2023.11.005.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPalliative care needsIntegration of palliative careUnmet palliative care needsPalliative careCare needsHealthcare workersEmergency departmentHealthcare providersEarly integration of palliative careAssociated with pain managementPalliative care Outcome ScaleProvision of palliative careEmergency department healthcare workersCare of vulnerable patientsInitiate palliative carePalliative care consultationEmergency healthcare workersEmergency healthcare providersKiruddu National Referral HospitalCross sectional surveyNational Referral HospitalLack of adequate trainingMixed methods surveyGrounded theory approachMixed-methods survey
2018
Caring for Life-Limiting Illness in Ethiopia: A Mixed-Methods Assessment of Outpatient Palliative Care Needs
Reid EA, Gudina EK, Ayers N, Tigineh W, Azmera YM. Caring for Life-Limiting Illness in Ethiopia: A Mixed-Methods Assessment of Outpatient Palliative Care Needs. Journal Of Palliative Medicine 2018, 21: 622-630. PMID: 29425055, DOI: 10.1089/jpm.2017.0419.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLife-limiting illnessPalliative care needsPalliative carePsychosocial distressCare needsSevere painOncology patientsUnmet palliative care needsCost of careMajority of subjectsHospital deathPain controlUntreated painOutpatient clinicOverall burdenDisease populationHigh-income countriesPainPatient's homePhysical symptomsDistress scoresIncurable diseaseMixed-methods assessmentIllnessSevere disability