The Association of Unmet Palliative Care Needs and Physical Frailty With Clinical Outcomes: A Prospective Study of Adults With Heart Failure

CONCLUSION: Higher unmet PC needs and physical frailty, separately and in combination, were associated with lower HRQOL and higher odds of hospitalization or mortality. Self-reported PC needs and physical frailty assessment in clinical settings may improve identification of patients at the highest risk for poor HRQOL and hospitalization or mortality amenable to PC intervention.PMID:38635901 | DOI:10.1097/JCN.0000000000001087

Source: The Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing - April 18, 2024 Category: Nursing Authors: Lyndsay DeGroot Noelle Pavlovic Nancy Perrin Nisha A Gilotra Hailey Miller Quin E Denfeld Colleen K McIlvennan Sydney M Dy Patricia M Davidson Sarah L Szanton Martha Abshire Saylor Source Type: research