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| Title |
Improving the quality of life of palliative and chronic disease patients and carers in remote Australia with the establishment of a day respite facility
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| Published in |
BMC Palliative Care, July 2016
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| DOI | 10.1186/s12904-016-0136-1 |
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| Authors |
Timothy A. Carey, Kellie Schouten, John Wakerman, John S. Humphreys, Fred Miegel, Simon Murphy, Mick Arundell |
| Abstract |
In the Northern Territory (NT) there is a lack of respite services available to palliative care patients and their families. Indigenous people in the NT suffer substantially higher rates of poorly controlled chronic disease and premature mortality associated with poor heath than the Australian population as a whole. The need for a flexible, community based, culturally appropriate respite service in Alice Springs was identified and, after the service had been operating for 10 months, a qualitative evaluation was conducted to investigate the experiences of people involved in the use and operation of the service. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with patients, carers, referrers, and stakeholders. A total of 20 people were interviewed. Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis was used inductively to analyse the transcripts. Two case studies are also described which illustrate in greater detail the impact the respite service has had on people's lives. From the semi-structured interviews, two superordinate themes along with a number of sub themes were developed. The two superordinate themes described both "The Big Picture" considerations as well as the pragmatics of "Making the Service Work". The sub themes highlighted issues such as being stuck at home and the relief that respite provided. The case studies poignantly illustrate the difference the respite service made to the quality of life of two patients. The findings clearly indicate an improvement in quality of life for respite patients and their carers. The respite service enabled improved care coordination of chronic and complex patients as well as improved medication compliance and symptom management. As a result of this evaluation a number of recommendations to continue and improve the service are provided. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 1 | 25% |
| Unknown | 3 | 75% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Scientists | 2 | 50% |
| Members of the public | 2 | 50% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 110 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 110 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 14 | 13% |
| Researcher | 14 | 13% |
| Student > Bachelor | 13 | 12% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 12 | 11% |
| Student > Postgraduate | 8 | 7% |
| Other | 18 | 16% |
| Unknown | 31 | 28% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Nursing and Health Professions | 27 | 25% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 19 | 17% |
| Social Sciences | 10 | 9% |
| Computer Science | 4 | 4% |
| Psychology | 4 | 4% |
| Other | 10 | 9% |
| Unknown | 36 | 33% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 3. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 22 April 2017.
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#13,240,863
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Outputs from BMC Palliative Care
#894
of 1,255 outputs
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#192,239
of 363,150 outputs
Outputs of similar age from BMC Palliative Care
#22
of 26 outputs
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