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Kalies, Helen, Schoettmer, Rieke, Simon, Steffen T., Voltz, Raymond, Crispin, Alexander and Bausewein, Claudia ORCID: 0000-0002-0958-3041 (2017). Critical attitudes and beliefs towards guidelines amongst palliative care professionals - results from a national survey. BMC Palliat. Care, 16. LONDON: BMC. ISSN 1472-684X

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Abstract

Background: Little is known about palliative care professionals' attitudes towards guidelines. In 2015, the German Association for Palliative Medicine (DGP) published an evidence based guideline for palliative care in adults with incurable cancer. Before publication we conducted a national survey among members of the DGP to detect possible barriers and facilitators for its implementation. The aim of the present publication was to evaluate critical attitudes and beliefs which could hinder the effective implementation of the new guideline and to evaluate differences within professional groups and medical specialisations. Methods: This web-based online survey was addressed to all members of the DGP in summer 2014. Twenty-one questions concerning attitudes and beliefs towards guidelines were a priori developed to represent the following topics: scepticism regarding the quality of guidelines, doubts about the implementation of guidelines, restrictions in treatment options through guidelines, discrepancy between palliative care values and guidelines. Differences within professions and specialisations were tested using Kruskal-Wallis tests. Results: All 4.786 members with known email address were invited, 1.181 followed the link, 1.138 began to answer the questionnaire and 1.031 completed the questionnaire. More than half of participating members were physicians and one third nurses. Scepticism regarding the quality of existing guidelines was high (range 12.8-73.2%). Doubts regarding practical aspects of guidelines were less prevalent but still high (range 21.8-57. 6%). About one third (range 5.4-31.4%) think that guidelines restrict their treatment options. In addition, 38.8% believed that guidelines are a kind of cookbook and restrict the flexibility of individual patient care. The majority saw no or little discrepancy between palliative care values and guidelines (range 68.4-82.6%). There were relatively small but significant differences between professions and specialisations. Conclusion: The person-centred and individual approach of palliative care does not seem to contradict the acceptance of guidelines. Main barriers were related to scepticism regarding the quality of guidelines and the implementation of guidelines in general.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Creators:	Creators Email ORCID ORCID Put Code Kalies, Helen UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Schoettmer, Rieke UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Simon, Steffen T. UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Voltz, Raymond UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Crispin, Alexander UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED UNSPECIFIED Bausewein, Claudia UNSPECIFIED orcid.org/0000-0002-0958-3041 UNSPECIFIED
URN:	urn:nbn:de:hbz:38-236412
DOI:	10.1186/s12904-017-0187-y
Journal or Publication Title:	BMC Palliat. Care
Volume:	16
Date:	2017
Publisher:	BMC
Place of Publication:	LONDON
ISSN:	1472-684X
Language:	English
Faculty:	Unspecified
Divisions:	Unspecified
Subjects:	no entry
Uncontrolled Keywords:	Keywords Language CLINICAL-PRACTICE GUIDELINES; PHYSICIANS ATTITUDES; IMPLEMENTATION; BARRIERS; FACILITATORS; LIMITATIONS; MANAGEMENT; ONCOLOGY; UNIT Multiple languages Health Care Sciences & Services; Health Policy & Services Multiple languages
Refereed:	Yes
URI:	http://kups.ub.uni-koeln.de/id/eprint/23641