Pico essay: Among elderly patients with heart failure, does palliative care compared to non-palliative care or standard care improve quality of life?

September 20, 2023September 20, 2023 Discipline: Nursing
Write a 2500-word, evidence-based essay for the PICO question: “Among elderly patients with heart failure, does palliative care compared to non-palliative care or standard care improve quality of life?”

Use REPUTABLE sources (i.e., peer reviewed) and PRIMARY sources from Pubmed, CINAHL, Google Scholar, etc.

Reseach studies have to be at least: 1 quantitative randomized study, 1 qualitative study, 1 systematic review.
I have found some studies on my own, so please include them in the paper.
– Khajehpoor, M. H., shahrbabaki, P. M., & Nouhi, E. (2023). Effects of a home-based palliative heart failure program on quality of life among the elderly: A clinical trial study – BMC palliative care. BioMed Central. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12904-023-01245-x
– Sidebottom, A. C., Jorgenson, A., Richards, H., Kirven, J., & Sillah, A. (2015). Inpatient palliative care for patients with acute heart failure: outcomes from a randomized trial. Journal of palliative medicine, 18(2), 134-142.   https://doi.org/10.1089/jpm.2014.0192

– Rogers, J. G., Patel, C. B., Mentz, R. J., Granger, B. B., Steinhauser, K. E., Fiuzat, M., … & Tulsky, J. A. (2017). Palliative care in heart failure: the PAL-HF randomized, controlled clinical trial. Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 70(3), 331-341. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacc.2017.05.030

– Kavalieratos D, Corbelli J, Zhang D, et al. Association Between Palliative Care and Patient and Caregiver Outcomes: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis. JAMA. 2016;316(20):2104–2114. doi:10.1001/jama.2016.16840


– Martha Kyriakou,  Anastasia Samara,  Katerina Philippou,  Ioanna Lakatamitou,  Ekaterini Lambrinou. A qualitative meta-synthesis of patients with heart failure perceived needs. Rev. Cardiovasc. Med. 2021, 22(3), 853–864.https://doi.org/10.31083/j.rcm2203091


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