Engaging Patients and Families to Create a Feasible Clinical Trial Integrating Palliative and Heart Failure Care: Results of the Enable CHF-PC Pilot Clinical Trial

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Presents the results of a study to determine the feasibility and site differences in an early palliative care (EPC) trial, the ENABLE CHF-PC (Educate, Nurture, Advise, Before Life Ends Comprehensive Heartcare for Patients and Caregivers). Participants were from rural and underserved areas with diverse socioeconomic and racial backgrounds. Sixty-one patients with advance heart failure and 48 caregivers participated in the program.

Marie Bakitas, J. Nicholas Dionne-Odom, Salpy V. Pamboukian, et al.

BMC Palliative Care, 16(1), 45

08/2017

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Access · Cardiovascular disease · Hospice and palliative care · Informal caregivers · Outpatient care · Statistics and data · Alabama · New Hampshire