Publications by authors named "Rolf Snijders"
Background: The increase in the incidence of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) led to more hospital admissions and deaths, and coincided with an increased need for palliative care. The new circumstances required palliative care services to be flexible and to develop response strategies.
Aim: To synthesise studies including COVID-19 patients to gain insight into how many patients were referred to hospital-based palliative care services, the characteristics and palliative care needs of these patients and the reasons for referral.
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- Experiencing pain in cancer patients significantly impacts their quality of life, but new treatments and pain management guidelines may be improving this situation.
- A systematic review of research from 2014 to 2021 found that 44.5% of cancer patients experienced pain, with moderate to severe pain reported by 30.6%, which is lower than earlier studies.
- The findings suggest that pain prevalence and severity have decreased over the past decade, likely due to better assessment and management of pain in cancer care.
Regional palliative care consultation (PCC) teams aim to support health care professionals by telephone in providing quality palliative care (PC) in the Netherlands. The study aims to assess trends in the number and characteristics of PC telephone consultations in the Netherlands between 2004 and 2019. A retrospective observational study reviewed data from the Dutch national register for PC consultations by telephone (PRADO).
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