The experience of uncertainty for patients, families and healthcare providers in post-stroke palliative and end-of-life care: A qualitative meta-synthesis

Findings

Supporting technical documents that are health systems-relevant

Not usually available for this document type
Scientific Abstract

PubMed
Scientific Abstract

Publisher

Recency, quality and context of the findings

Last year literature searched

2020
Year Published

2020
Quality Rating

7/10 (AMSTAR rating from McMaster Health Forum)
Countries in which studies (included in the synthesis) were conducted

UK (4); Sweden (3); UK (Scotland) (3); Canada (1); India (1); Netherlands (1); USA (1)
Global/regional focus

Not yet available
Country focus

UK (4); Sweden (3); UK (Scotland) (3); Canada (1); India (1); Netherlands (1); USA (1)
Low - and middle-income country (LMIC) focus

At least one included study was conducted in a low- or middle-income country

Additional details about the research

Type of document

Systematic review addressing other questions
Type of question

Not effectiveness
Focus

Specific
Target

Not yet available
Priority Area

Not applicable
Health system topic(s)

Delivery arrangements
By whom care is provided
Staff/self - Shared decision-making
Implementation strategies
Consumer-targeted strategy
Communication and decision-making facilitation
Theme

Optimal aging
Domain

Diseases
Non-communicable diseases
Cardiovascular disease

Publication details

Citation

Connolly T, Coats H, DeSanto K, Jones J. The experience of uncertainty for patients, families and healthcare providers in post-stroke palliative and end-of-life care: A qualitative meta-synthesis. Age Ageing. 2020:afaa229.
DOI

10.1093/ageing/afaa229

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