2021
A scoping review of palliative care outcome measures in interstitial lung disease
Gersten R, Moale A, Seth B, Vick J, Brown H, Eakin M, Mathai S, Danoff S. A scoping review of palliative care outcome measures in interstitial lung disease. European Respiratory Review 2021, 30: 210080. PMID: 34348982, PMCID: PMC9488671, DOI: 10.1183/16000617.0080-2021.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAdvance care planningPalliative care outcome measuresRandomised controlled trialsCross-sectional studySocial healthPhysical healthMental healthOutcome measuresQuality of lifePalliative careImpact of palliative careSecondary analysisHealth-related quality of lifeAnalysis of cross-sectional studiesAssess mental healthAssessed physical healthHealth-related qualityUniform outcome measuresNon-duplicate articlesCare planningSymptom burdenGeneral HRQoLHRQoLEligibility criteriaControlled trials
2015
Development of the Serious Illness Care Program: a randomised controlled trial of a palliative care communication intervention
Bernacki R, Hutchings M, Vick J, Smith G, Paladino J, Lipsitz S, Gawande A, Block S. Development of the Serious Illness Care Program: a randomised controlled trial of a palliative care communication intervention. BMJ Open 2015, 5: e009032. PMID: 26443662, PMCID: PMC4606432, DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2015-009032.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSerious Illness Care ProgramRandomised controlled trialsCommunication interventionsCare programReceipt of goal-concordant careAdvance care planning discussionsCluster randomised controlled trialCare planning discussionsGoal-concordant careControlled trialsHigh-quality careEnd of lifePatients receive careMedical recordsElectronic medical recordsQuality of lifePeer-reviewed publicationsSelf-reported dataPatients' medical recordsUsual careClinician satisfactionPatient receiptQuality of communicationPlanning discussionsInstitute Institutional Review Board