Scholarlink

Background <p>Palliative care is a&#xa0;crucial part of the holistic management of advanced heart failure; however, it remains unclear how palliative care is currently provided in the outpatient sector in Germany.</p> Methods <p>We conducted a&#xa0;survey among office-based cardiologists and general practitioners (GPs) in Germany on the current provision of palliative care for people with advanced heart failure. The survey was developed by a&#xa0;multiprofessional project group of the German Cardiac Society (DGK e. V.) and administered online by the National Association of Office-Based Cardiologists (BNK e.V.).</p> Results <p>A&#xa0;total of 235 individuals participated in the study. The majority of respondents reported frequently or always discussing goals of care with patients with advanced heart failure. The GPs reported significantly more often than cardiologists that they always or frequently address primary palliative care needs. None of the surveyed office-based cardiologists but 35.1% of GPs stated that they frequently or always prescribe specialized outpatient palliative care (SAPV) for patients with advanced heart failure. Over 90% of the cardiologists reported that they rarely or never continue to care for patients when they cannot come to the practice themselves.</p> Conclusion <p>Only few office-based physicians in Germany regularly refer patients with advanced heart failure to specialized palliative care services. Primary palliative care and the involvement of SAPV are significantly more often managed by GPs than by office-based cardiologists.</p>

错误：搜索内容不能为空，请输入英文关键词
错误：关键词超出字数限制，请精简
高级检索

Palliative Versorgung und Therapiezieländerung bei Herzinsuffizienz im ambulanten Bereich

  • 期刊论文

  • 出版模式：

    开放获取

  • 发表日期：

    2025年6月26日

查看全文
  • Moritz Blum,
  • Mark Weber-Krüger,
  • Hashim Abdul-Khaliq,
  • Bernd Alt-Epping,
  • Marc Dittrich,
  • Tanja Henking,
  • Gerald Neitzke,
  • Harald Rittger,
  • Henrikje Stanze,
  • Dorit Knappe,
  • Klaus K. Witte,
  • Jochen Dutzmann,
  • Franz Goss

摘要

Background

Palliative care is a crucial part of the holistic management of advanced heart failure; however, it remains unclear how palliative care is currently provided in the outpatient sector in Germany.

Methods

We conducted a survey among office-based cardiologists and general practitioners (GPs) in Germany on the current provision of palliative care for people with advanced heart failure. The survey was developed by a multiprofessional project group of the German Cardiac Society (DGK e. V.) and administered online by the National Association of Office-Based Cardiologists (BNK e.V.).

Results

A total of 235 individuals participated in the study. The majority of respondents reported frequently or always discussing goals of care with patients with advanced heart failure. The GPs reported significantly more often than cardiologists that they always or frequently address primary palliative care needs. None of the surveyed office-based cardiologists but 35.1% of GPs stated that they frequently or always prescribe specialized outpatient palliative care (SAPV) for patients with advanced heart failure. Over 90% of the cardiologists reported that they rarely or never continue to care for patients when they cannot come to the practice themselves.

Conclusion

Only few office-based physicians in Germany regularly refer patients with advanced heart failure to specialized palliative care services. Primary palliative care and the involvement of SAPV are significantly more often managed by GPs than by office-based cardiologists.