Key result
A multidisciplinary educational intervention directed at medical staff is planned to decrease the rate of hospitalized patients with advanced heart and respiratory diseases who do not receive adequate dyspnea relief.
Why the study?
Does a tailored educational intervention for medical staff improve adequate relief of dyspnea in hospitalized patients with respiratory and heart diseases?
Population
Hospitalized patients with respiratory and heart diseases experiencing dyspnea
Comparison
Tailored implementation strategy directed to… vs Pre-intervention standard of care
Design
Other
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Implementation of dyspnea treatments may reduce under-treatment in hospitals; leaves open whether tailored strategies improve outcomes in routine care.
Does a tailored educational intervention for medical staff improve adequate relief of dyspnea in hospitalized patients with respiratory and heart diseases?
This paper describes the rationale and design of a quasi-experimental study to evaluate whether an educational intervention for medical staff can improve dyspnea management in hospitalized patients.
Vicent et al. (2016) studied Dyspnea in advanced heart failure and chronic respiratory disease (n=100). Multidisciplinary educational intervention vs. Usual care (pre-intervention phase) was evaluated on Rate of patients with advanced heart and respiratory diseases that present chronic refractory dyspnea or irruptive dyspnea and do not receive adequate symptomatic relief or rescue medication. A multidisciplinary educational intervention directed at medical staff is planned to decrease the rate of hospitalized patients with advanced heart and respiratory diseases who do not receive adequate dyspnea relief.
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